Unscramble DESISTENCE to get 280 words. DESISTENCE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DESISTENCE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 10 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
23 7-letter words in DESISTENCE; 7 of them share the top score of 10. ESSENCE, INSECTS and DESCENT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DESISTENCE, 12 score 9 points, the group's best. SCENES, DECENT and NESTED are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESISTENCE; 11 of them share the top score of 8. NEEDS, SCENE and SIDES are everyday picks.
8 of 60 4-letter words in DESISTENCE tie at 7 points; none scores more. NEED, SEND and SIDE will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words made with DESISTENCE letters is CID, 6 points; CEE and CIS on 5 follow. SEE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DESISTENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DESCENTS and SENESCED (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DESISTENCE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESISTENCE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 203 | 280 | 186 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DESISTENCE, ESNECIES, INCEDES, INCEDE, SCENED, STEEDIES, CIDES, CITESS, CTENES, DESINES, DICTS, DISNEST and 65 more, 77 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SENESCED, CISTED, SENESCE, EENSIEST, ETICS, IDENTS, DESIS, IDENT, SENSEI, TECS, DENI, DESI and 5 more, 17 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DESISTENCE spell the words below.