Unscramble CONVALESCING and you have 396 words, CONVALESCING itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CONVALESCING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 10, 16 with 9, 49 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 11 letters.
The 10-letter words made with CONVALESCING letters come to 3, each scoring 15 points.
CONCAVING tops the 9-letter words in CONVALESCING at 17 points; next come CLAVECINS and CONCLAVES on 16. CLEANSING, ENCLOSING and CANCELING will look familiar.
Of the 49 8-letter words from CONVALESCING, 7 score 15 points, the group's best. CLEANING, GASOLINE and CONVINCE are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONVALESCING, CONCAVE, VACCINE and VOCALIC tie for first at 14 points. LEAVING, CLOSING and SOLVING are everyday picks.
CAVING and COVING are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONVALESCING, 12 points each. CANCEL, SAVING and GLOVES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CONVALESCING, 17 score 10 points, the group's best. GIVEN, VOICE and GIVES are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 4-letter words in CONVALESCING tie at 9 points; none scores more. LOVE, SAVE and LIVE will look familiar.
VAC scores highest among the 3-letter words made with CONVALESCING letters at 8 points, ahead of GOV and VAG on 7. CAN, AGE and AGO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CONVALESCING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CONCAVING (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONVALESCING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONVALESCING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 396) | 320 | 394 | 286 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLAVECINS, CLAVECIN, CLEAVINGS, ENCAVING, VOLCANISE, ACCENSION, ACCINGES, CONGENIC, VEGANIC, ACCINGE, CLAVIES, INCAVES and 63 more, 75 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COGNISANCE, ENCLAVING, CANOEINGS, CLEANINGS, COELIACS, COVINES, CONLANGS, COVINE, ECLOSING, LOVINGS, CANINGS, CANNOLIS and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: ALNICOES. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.