Unscramble INDULGENCE to get 271 words. INDULGENCE itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 5 of them, CLINGED, CLUDGIE and DEUCING included. 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.
By length, the words from INDULGENCE split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 25 with 7, 51 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among 25 7-letter words in INDULGENCE, the top score is 11, reached by 4. INCLUDE, GENUINE and DECLINE are the familiar ones.
CEDING and CUDGEL are the top 6-letter words from INDULGENCE, 10 points each. ENGINE, ENDING and LEGEND will look familiar.
Among 56 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INDULGENCE, the top score is 8, reached by 13. GUIDE, UNCLE and GUILD are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 4-letter words from INDULGENCE tie at 7 points; none scores more. NICE, EDGE and GENE will look familiar.
CID, CIG and CUD share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in INDULGENCE. END, DUE and INN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of INDULGENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CLINGED, DEUCING and EDUCING (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INDULGENCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDULGENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 207 | 271 | 192 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 64 of them: CLUDGIE, NUCLEIDE, LUCIGEN, UNCLING, CIELED, DELICE, INCEDE, UNCLED, CLIED, DEEING, ELDING, ENNUIED and 52 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: EUGLENID, UNICED, DULCE, GENNED, CLEG, EELING, INCEL, CIG, DENI, LEDE, LUD, NEG and 3 more.
These 2 words take every letter of INDULGENCE plus a single extra one.