Unscramble INDULGENT and you have 271 words, INDULGENT itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. DETUNING and UNTINGED are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from INDULGENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 19 with 7, 53 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 53 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INDULGENT, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. UNITED, ENDING and TUNNEL are the ones most people know.
10 of 56 5-letter words from INDULGENT tie at 7 points; none scores more. GUIDE, GUILD and LINED will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from INDULGENT, the top score is 6, reached by 10. EDIT, DIET and TEND are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in INDULGENT, 5 score 5 points, the group's best. GET, END and LET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of INDULGENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DETUNING and UNTINGED (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. INDULGENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDULGENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 214 | 271 | 194 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 271 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TUNDING, DUGITE, ELDING, GILDEN, UGLIED, UNGILD, UNTILED, DINNLE, DUING, ENGILT, GINNEL, INGENU and 45 more. 20 of the 271 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DETUNING, DUETING, GLUTENIN, GUILTED, LINTED, GLUTE, IDENT, TENDU, DELT, DENI, GITE, INTEL and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of INDULGENT and one more.