Unscramble INSIPIENT and you have 151 words, INSIPIENT itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 7 shorter words score 9, among them PINIEST, PINITES and PINNETS. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from INSIPIENT split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 19 with 6, 29 with 5, 48 with 4, 32 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
16 of 29 5-letter words from INSIPIENT tie at 7 points; none scores more. SPENT, SPINE and SPITE will look familiar.
Of the 48 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INSIPIENT, 25 score 6 points, the group's best. SITE, TIPS and STEP are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of INSIPIENT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PINIEST, PINITES, PINNIES, TENPINS and TIEPINS (9 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
INSIPIENT is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSIPIENT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 120 | 151 | 111 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INSIPIENT, PINNETS, SPINNET, NEPITS, PINIES, PINNET, PINNIE, NEPIT, PENTS, PIETS, TINNIES, NEPS and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INNIES, SINNET, INNIE, PST, TEINS, TEIN, EST, TES and TE, 9 in all.