Unscramble COMPETENCY to get 203 words. COMPETENCY itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are POTENCY and ECOTYPE, 14 points each. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
C34O1M34P34E1T1E1N12C34Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COMPETENCY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 7, 19 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
Of the 38 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPETENCY, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. MONEY, EMPTY and ENEMY are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 4-letter words from COMPETENCY tie at 11 points; none scores more. TYPE, OPEN and COME will look familiar.
MYC scores highest among the 3-letter words made with COMPETENCY letters at 10 points, ahead of COY and MOY on 8. NOT, ONE and TOP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COMPETENCY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in CY · all 10-letter words
What COMPETENCY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COMPETENCY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPETENCY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 203) | 159 | 203 | 148 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: ECTOPY, PONCEY, PONCY, OCCY, TOYMEN, TYMP, YMPE, YMPT, MEYNT, PEEOY, PONEY, PONTY and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: YOMP, MONTY, MYC, MENTO, ONCET, YEET, ECO, EMO, TEC, PO and TE.