Unscramble INSISTENCE to get 241 words. INSISTENCE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, NESCIENTS and SCIENTISE lead with 11 points. 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 INSISTENCE split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 11 with 8, 22 with 7, 41 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 34 with 3 and 12 with 2.
8 of 22 7-letter words from INSISTENCE tie at 9 points; none scores more. INTENSE, INSECTS and INCENSE will look familiar.
Of the 41 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INSISTENCE, 17 score 8 points, the group's best. CITIES, TENNIS and SCENES are the ones most people know.
17 of 57 5-letter words from INSISTENCE tie at 7 points; none scores more. SITES, TEENS and SENSE will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in INSISTENCE; 19 of them share the top score of 6. SITE, TEEN and SEEN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INSISTENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; NESCIENTS (11 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INSISTENCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSISTENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 186 | 241 | 159 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCIENTISE, INSCIENT, CITESS, CTENES, SCIENT, CESSE, CTENE, NEINEIS, SEITENS, SEITIES, TICES, TINNIES and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INCENTS, INCENT, ETICS, SENITIS, SINNETS, TENNESI, INNIES, NIENTE, SENSEI, SINNET, TECS, TENESI and 15 more, 27 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of INSISTENCE plus a single extra one.