Unscramble INTELLIGENCE and you have 247 words, INTELLIGENCE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from INTELLIGENCE by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 9, 10 with 8, 20 with 7, 56 with 6, 43 with 5, 58 with 4, 45 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
5 of 20 7-letter words you get when you unscramble INTELLIGENCE tie at 10 points; none scores more. GENETIC, TELLING and CEILING will look familiar.
Of the 56 6-letter words from INTELLIGENCE, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. ENGINE, CLIENT and GENTLE are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from INTELLIGENCE are led by CLING, GENIC and ICING, 8 points each. ELITE, ELECT and LINEN are the familiar ones.
CLEG tops the 4-letter words in INTELLIGENCE at 7 points; next come CEIL and CELL on 6. LINE, TEEN and TELL will look familiar.
CIG scores highest among the 3-letter words made with INTELLIGENCE letters at 6 points, ahead of CEE and CEL on 5. GET, LET and NET are the ones most people know.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ELECTING and ENTICING (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
INTELLIGENCE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTELLIGENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 247) | 180 | 247 | 158 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
66 of the 247 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CENTINELL, GENTILIC, CENTINEL, CIELING, LENTICLE, EGENCE, TICING, TIGLIC, GLEENIE, TEENING, CLINT, CTENE and 54 more. 23 of the 247 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TELECINE, LENITING, CELLIE, INCENT, LINTING, CEILI, CLEG, EELING, INCEL, CIG, CLIT, LENITE and 11 more. 1 of the 247 answers is missing from Scrabble US: NELLIE.
Each word below uses all the letters of INTELLIGENCE and one more.