Unscramble INDEPENDENTS to get 327 words. INDEPENDENTS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INDEPENDENTS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 3 with 9, 15 with 8, 50 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with INDEPENDENTS letters: INDEPENDENT, for 15 points.
DEPENDENTS is the only one of the 10-letter words in INDEPENDENTS; it scores 14 points.
DESPITED scores highest among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble INDEPENDENTS at 12 points, ahead of PENDENTS and PENTISED on 11. INTENDED, DESTINED and NINETEEN are the ones most people know.
50 7-letter words in INDEPENDENTS; 4 of them share the top score of 11. DESPITE, DEPENDS and INTENSE are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words made with INDEPENDENTS letters are led by DEPEND and PENDED, 10 points each. NEEDED, INDEED and EDITED are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INDEPENDENTS; 13 of them share the top score of 8. SPEED, ENDED and SPENT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from INDEPENDENTS, 10 score 7 points, the group's best. TIPS, EDIT and STEP are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in INDEPENDENTS, DEP, DIP and PED tie for first at 6 points. SEE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INDEPENDENTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with IN · ending in TS · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DESPITED (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INDEPENDENTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDEPENDENTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 327) | 254 | 327 | 238 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PENTISED, DEEPIES, NEDDIEST, PENNIED, STEEDIED, DEEDEST, DEEPIE, DEIDEST, DESINED, ENSTEEP, PENTISE, PIENDS and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NEDDIES, DESEED, PEDIS, PENNES, DEPS, IDENTS, PEDI, TENNESI, DEP, DENI, DESI, PST and 4 more, 16 in all.