Unscramble IGNESCENT and you have 227 words, IGNESCENT itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. GENETICS and SCENTING are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 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.
By length, the words from IGNESCENT split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 18 with 7, 31 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 13 with 2.
CENSING, GENETIC and SCENING are the top 7-letter words in IGNESCENT, 10 points each. ENGINES, INTENSE and INCENSE will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words from IGNESCENT, GESTIC leads with 9 points, then CTENES and ENTICE on 8. ENGINE, SEEING and TENNIS are the familiar ones.
GENIC tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IGNESCENT at 8 points; next come CENSE and CENTS on 7. TEENS, SCENE and GENES will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble IGNESCENT, CIGS leads with 7 points, then CEES and CENS on 6. SIGN, SEEN and NICE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words from IGNESCENT is CIG, 6 points; CEE and CIS on 5 follow. SEE, GET and ITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of IGNESCENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IG · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GENETICS and SCENTING (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. IGNESCENT is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IGNESCENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 179 | 227 | 150 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: SCENING, STEENING, CTENES, GENNETS, GENNIES, NEESING, SCIENT, SENTING, SNEEING, TEENING, CTENE, GENNET and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 29 of them: INCENTS, INCENT, CIGS, ETICS, STINGE, TENGES, TENNESI, CIG, GITES, NIENTE, SINNET, TECS and 17 more.
With one more tile, the letters of IGNESCENT spell the words below.