Unscramble IMPENDENCIES and you have 313 words, IMPENDENCIES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, IMPENDENCES leads with 18 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from IMPENDENCIES split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 4 with 10, 7 with 9, 13 with 8, 31 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
IMPENDENCES is the only one of the 11-letter words made with IMPENDENCIES letters; it scores 18 points.
IMPENDENCE scores highest among the 10-letter words in IMPENDENCIES at 17 points, ahead of DESIPIENCE and PENDENCIES on 15.
Among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPENDENCIES, EPIDEMIC leads with 15 points, then SPECIMEN on 14 and CNEMIDES on 13. MEDICINE and EMINENCE are the familiar ones.
EPICISM tops the 7-letter words in IMPENDENCIES at 13 points; next come DECIMES and ENDEMIC on 12. ENEMIES, INDICES and INCENSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with IMPENDENCIES letters, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. PIECES, SEEMED and DEMISE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPENDENCIES, the top score is 10, reached by 4. SPEED, PIECE and SPEND are the familiar ones.
DIMP tops the 4-letter words from IMPENDENCIES at 9 points; next come CEPE and CEPS on 8. PICS, MIND and DEEP will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in IMPENDENCIES, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. SEE, END and MEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of IMPENDENCIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with IM · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EPIDEMICS (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts IMPENDENCIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPENDENCIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 313) | 238 | 313 | 225 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
75 of the 313 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IMPENDENCIES, IMPENDENCES, IMPENDENCE, DESIPIENCE, CNEMIDES, DISPENCE, EPICEDES, EPICISM, PIECENED, DECIMES, EPICEDE, SCENEMEN and 63 more. 13 of the 313 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DESINENCE, DEMIC, EMICS, MICS, MIPS, PEDIS, DEPS, MEDS, MIC, PEDI, DEP, MES and 1 more.