Unscramble OPALESCENCE and you have 293 words, OPALESCENCE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PALEOCENE and COENACLES, 13 points each. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OPALESCENCE split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 22 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 22 7-letter words from OPALESCENCE, 10 score 11 points, the group's best. ENCLOSE, CLEANSE and CONCEAL are the ones most people know.
20 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OPALESCENCE tie at 10 points; none scores more. PLEASE, PLACES and CANCEL will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OPALESCENCE, the top score is 9, reached by 34. PLACE, SPACE and CLOSE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from OPALESCENCE; 20 of them share the top score of 8. CASE, CAPE and CAPS are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in OPALESCENCE, the top score is 7, reached by 5. CAN, SEC and SPA are the familiar ones.
These 3 words have the length of OPALESCENCE, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with OP · ending in CE · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CENACLES, COALESCE, CONCEALS, ESCALOPE and OPALESCE (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OPALESCENCE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPALESCENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 293) | 238 | 293 | 211 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
55 of the 293 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COENACLES, COENACLE, ASCONCE, CAPLES, CLEEPS, PANCES, PEECES, PENCES, ALPEENS, CALPS, CAPLE, CASCO and 43 more. 27 of the 293 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PALEOCENE, ESCALOPE, NOPLACE, SCOPAE, NOPALES, SCOPA, SECONAL, ECLOSE, EOCENE, PALEOS, PLEONS, SAPELE and 15 more.
With one more tile, the letters of OPALESCENCE spell the words below.