Unscramble CRYPTEN and you get 66 words; CRYPTEN itself is not one of them. The best is ENCRYPT at 14 points. Of the shorter words, CRYPT and CREPY lead with 12 points. 7 letters: 1 vowel and 6 consonants.
C34R1Y43P34T1E1N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CRYPTEN split into 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 7 with 5, 22 with 4, 26 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with CRYPTEN letters: ENCRYPT, for 14 points.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words in CRYPTEN: CENTRY, 11 points.
Keep every letter of CRYPTEN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with EN · ending in PT · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ENCRYPT (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
None of the three games accepts CRYPTEN itself. Its letters still make 66 playable words, split by game below.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYPTEN itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 66) | 49 | 66 | 44 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
17 of the 66 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CENTRY, CERTY, CYTE, PYET, PYNE, RYPE, TRYP, YRENT, PRENT, RENY, TRYE, NYE and 5 more. 5 of the 66 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PERC, CERT, YER, TEC and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of CRYPTEN and one more.