Unscramble PAWNCES to get 144 words. PAWNCES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PAWNCE, 13 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of PAWNCES at once for 64 in Scrabble (14 + 50) or 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PAWNCES by length: 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 22 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 13 with 2.
11 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PAWNCES tie at 9 points; none scores more. NEWS, CASE and CAPE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PAWNCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PAWNS, PECANS and SPAWN (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts PAWNCES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAWNCES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 144) | 123 | 144 | 119 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAWNCES, PAWNCE, PANCES, PANCE, SCAW, SPAW, SPANE, WASE, WENA, AESC, ANCE, CEAS and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PWNS, PWN, EW and SAN, 4 in all.