266 words come out when you unscramble INDULGENCY, starting with INDULGENCY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from INDULGENCY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 20 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among the 7-letter words made with INDULGENCY letters, GLYCINE leads with 13 points, then DENYING and UNDYING on 12. INCLUDE, LENDING and INDULGE are the familiar ones.
CLINGY, CLYING and GLYCIN are the top 6-letter words in INDULGENCY, 12 points each. ENDING, NICELY and INDUCE will look familiar.
CUNDY, DICEY and YCLED share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words from INDULGENCY. GUIDE, YIELD and DYING are the ones most people know.
EDGY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INDULGENCY at 9 points; next come DENY and DULY on 8. NICE, GLEN and UGLY will look familiar.
The 3-letter words from INDULGENCY are led by CLY and ICY, 8 points each. END, DUE and INN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INDULGENCY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in CY · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GLYCINE (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: INDULGENCY is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDULGENCY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 199 | 266 | 190 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, *Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
66 of the 266 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INDULGENCY, CLYING, CLUDGIE, CUNDY, GUYLED, GYLDEN, YCLED, YEDING, CLUEY, GUNDY, GYELD, LUCIGEN and 54 more. 10 of the 266 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GYNIE, LINNEY, UNICED, DULCE, LINNY, CLEG, INCEL, LUD, NEG and NUG. 1 of the 266 answers is missing from Scrabble US: DI.