Unscramble COMPETENCES and you have 266 words, COMPETENCES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from COMPETENCES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 8, 20 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with COMPETENCES letters: COMPETENCE, 18 points.
COEMPT and COMPTS share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPETENCES. CEMENT, ESTEEM and COMETS are the ones most people know.
COMPS and COMPT are the top 5-letter words made with COMPETENCES letters, 11 points each. COMES, SCOPE and MEETS will look familiar.
COMP scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPETENCES at 10 points, ahead of CEPE and CEPS on 8. MOST, OPEN and COST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from COMPETENCES, the top score is 7, reached by 6. NOT, ONE and SEE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of COMPETENCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COMPETES and CONCEPTS (14 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COMPETENCES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPETENCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 222 | 266 | 202 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COMPESCE, PECTOSE, TOPSMEN, PEECES, PENCES, TOPMEN, EMPTS, ENSTEEP, NEMPT, PEECE, TEMENOS, COMS and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MENTEES, SPECT, EOCENE, MENTEE, MENTOS, MENTO, ONCET, ECOS, EMOS, ECO, EMO, MES and 8 more, 20 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of COMPETENCES and one more.