Unscramble COMPETENT and you have 151 words, COMPETENT itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. CONTEMPT is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34O1M34P34E1T1E1N12T1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from COMPETENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 25 with 5, 52 with 4, 43 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with COMPETENT letters: CONTEMPT, 14 points.
COMPT scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPETENT at 11 points, ahead of COMET and COMTE on 9. MONTE, TEMPO and OCTET are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from COMPETENT, COMP leads with 10 points, then CEPE and COME on 8. OPEN, TEEN and NOTE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of COMPETENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CONTEMPT (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. COMPETENT is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPETENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 126 | 151 | 119 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
25 of the 151 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TOPMEN, NEMPT, EMPT, CTENE, MOTEN, COTT, MENE, MENT, PENE, PONT, POTE, POTT and 13 more. 7 of the 151 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MENTO, ONCET, ECO, EMO, TEC, PO and TE.