Unscramble MISPENNED and you have 228 words, MISPENNED itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. IMPEDES, IMPENDS and SEMIPED are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MISPENNED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 6-letter words in MISPENNED, IMPEDE and IMPEND tie for first at 11 points. DENIES, DEMISE and PINNED are everyday picks.
DIMPS and IMPED are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MISPENNED, 10 points each. NEEDS, SPEED and SPEND will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from MISPENNED is DIMP, 9 points; IMPS and MIPS on 8 follow. MIND, DEEP and SEEM are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words from MISPENNED, IMP leads with 7 points, then DEP and DIM on 6. SEE, END and MEN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MISPENNED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MI · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
What MISPENNED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MISPENNED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISPENNED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 176 | 228 | 167 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
52 of the 228 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEMIPED, DESMINE, DIMPS, PENNIED, PIEMEN, DIMP, MEINED, NEMNED, NIMPS, PIENDS, INSEEM, MENED and 40 more. 9 of the 228 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MIPS, PEDIS, PENNES, DEPS, MEDS, PEDI, DEP, MES and EDS.