Unscramble INADEQUACIES and you have 317 words, INADEQUACIES itself among them: it scores 24 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 7 vowels and 5 consonants.
I1N12A1D2E1Q10U12A1C34I1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from INADEQUACIES split into 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 10, 2 with 9, 12 with 8, 36 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 11 letters.
ADEQUACIES scores highest among the 10-letter words in INADEQUACIES at 22 points, ahead of AUDIENCIAS on 13.
QUIESCED scores highest among the 8-letter words from INADEQUACIES at 20 points, ahead of ACEQUIAS on 19 and QUINSIED on 18. AUDIENCE is the one most people know.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble INADEQUACIES is CASQUED, 19 points; ACEQUIA and CAIQUES on 18 follow. SUICIDE, CUISINE and INDICES are everyday picks.
7 of 60 6-letter words from INADEQUACIES tie at 17 points; none scores more. CAUSED, QUEENS and DANCES will look familiar.
CINQS scores highest among the 5-letter words in INADEQUACIES at 16 points, ahead of EQUID and QADIS on 15. DANCE, QUEEN and ACIDS are the ones most people know.
CINQ tops the 4-letter words made with INADEQUACIES letters at 15 points; next come QADI and QAID on 14. CASE, NICE and DISC will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble INADEQUACIES, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. CAN, END and DUE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of INADEQUACIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ADEQUACIES (22 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. INADEQUACIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INADEQUACIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 233 | 317 | 212 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
84 of the 317 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: QUIESCED, QUIESCE, SQUINIED, ACQUIS, EQUINIAS, EQUINIA, QASIDA, QUINIES, QUENAS, QUINAS, QUINES, QUINIE and 72 more. 21 of the 317 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: QUINSIED, CINQS, CINQ, QADIS, EQUES, QADI, QIS, QI, CNIDAE, DECANI, DECANS, UNICED and 9 more.