Unscramble GOVERNANCE and you have 253 words, GOVERNANCE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are COVERAGE and CONVERGE, 14 points each. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GOVERNANCE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 14 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
5 of 36 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GOVERNANCE tie at 11 points; none scores more. ORANGE, GOVERN and ENCORE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from GOVERNANCE; 6 of them share the top score of 10. NEVER, COVER and AGREE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with GOVERNANCE letters are led by CAVE and COVE, 9 points each. OVER, EVEN and CARE are the familiar ones.
VAC tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GOVERNANCE at 8 points; next come GOV and VAG on 7. ARE, CAN and CAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of GOVERNANCE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with GO · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CONVERGE and COVERAGE (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
GOVERNANCE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOVERNANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 195 | 251 | 185 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: ENGRAVEN, ENCAVE, COGENER, CONGREE, CORNAGE, ENGRACE, VENGER, CORNEAE, GREVE, NARCEEN, ARVEE, CERGE and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: VAREC, CANOER, VEGA, VOG, ACRO, NAV, AGRO, ECO, NEG, ORG and ARO. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: NANCE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
Each word below uses all the letters of GOVERNANCE and one more.