Unscramble NESCIENTS to get 205 words. NESCIENTS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NESCIENTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 13 with 7, 28 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 34 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 28 6-letter words from NESCIENTS, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. TENNIS, SCENES and INSECT are the ones most people know.
Among 52 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NESCIENTS, the top score is 7, reached by 17. SITES, TEENS and SENSE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from NESCIENTS, 19 score 6 points, the group's best. SITE, TEEN and SEEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NESCIENTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of NESCIENTS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NESCIENTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NESCIENTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 159 | 205 | 134 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CITESS, CTENES, SCIENT, CESSE, CTENE, SEITENS, TICES, CENS, CITS, SEITEN, SIENTS, STEENS and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INCENTS, INCENT, ETICS, SINNETS, TENNESI, NIENTE, SENSEI, SINNET, TECS, TENESI, TENNES, ESNES and 13 more, 25 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of NESCIENTS spell the words below.