Unscramble EFFICIENCE and you have 41 words, EFFICIENCE itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 10, among them FENCE, FIFE and FIEF. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from EFFICIENCE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 5, 16 with 4, 13 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 9, 8 or 7 letters.
Trade one tile of EFFICIENCE for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with EF · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FENCE, FICIN, FIEF, FIFE and NIFF (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts EFFICIENCE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EFFICIENCE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 41) | 26 | 40 | 24 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EFFICIENCE, FIFI, ECCE, FEEN, FENI, FINI, NIEF, NIFE, NEF, EINE, EEN, ENE and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NIFF and FE, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of EFFICIENCE and one more.