Unscramble ENCUMBRANCE and you have 262 words, ENCUMBRANCE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
E1N12C34U12M34B34R1A1N12C34E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from ENCUMBRANCE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 44 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ENCUMBRANCE, 8 score 12 points, the group's best. NUMBER, CANCER and BECAME are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words made with ENCUMBRANCE letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. CREAM, AMBER and CRANE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ENCUMBRANCE, 21 score 8 points, the group's best. BEEN, CARE and CAME are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from ENCUMBRANCE, the top score is 7, reached by 8. ARE, CAN and CAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ENCUMBRANCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EN · ending in CE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BUCCANEER (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ENCUMBRANCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENCUMBRANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 193 | 261 | 186 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
68 of the 262 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CACUMEN, CEMBRA, EMBACE, BERCEAU, CARBEEN, CARBENE, CREANCE, CRUBEEN, CUMEC, BEAMER, CAREME, CRUMEN and 56 more. 8 of the 262 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CUMBRANCE, MANEB, BANC, MERC, RAMEN, BUNA, BAE and CRU. 1 of the 262 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE.
Each word below uses all the letters of ENCUMBRANCE and one more.