131 words come out when you unscramble ETHNICITY, starting with ETHNICITY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 14 points, CHITTY, HYENIC and TETCHY among them. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ETHNICITY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 13 with 6, 24 with 5, 42 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
ITCHY, TECHY and TICHY share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ETHNICITY. NICHE, TENTH and ETHIC are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from ETHNICITY is YECH, 12 points; HYEN and HYTE on 10 follow. CITY, THEN and TECH are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ETHNICITY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ET · ending in TY · all 9-letter words
The meaning of ETHNICITY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ETHNICITY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETHNICITY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 131) | 107 | 130 | 97 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
23 of the 131 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TICHY, THYINE, HYEN, NICHT, THEIC, CYTE, HYE, TICH, YITTEN, CHE, ECH, TINTY and 11 more. 11 of the 131 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TITCHY, TITCHIE, TITCH, ECHT, TECH, TIYIN, TIYN, TYIN, TEC, TEIN and TE. 1 of the 131 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NITCHIE.