Unscramble PECTINACEOUS and you have 424 words, PECTINACEOUS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 15: 8 of them, OCCUPANTS, CACOEPIES and CEPACEOUS included. It has 12 letters, 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PECTINACEOUS split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 23 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2. None has 11 letters.
STENOPAEIC is the only one of the 10-letter words in PECTINACEOUS; it scores 14 points.
8 of 23 9-letter words made with PECTINACEOUS letters tie at 15 points; none scores more. TENACIOUS and OCCUPANTS will look familiar.
Among 60 8-letter words from PECTINACEOUS, the top score is 14, reached by 8. ACCOUNTS, AUCTIONS and COUNTIES are the familiar ones.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PECTINACEOUS; 10 of them share the top score of 13. ACCOUNT, ACCEPTS and CAPTION are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from PECTINACEOUS, the top score is 12, reached by 4. ACCEPT, COPIES and PIECES are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words in PECTINACEOUS; 58 of them share the top score of 9. TOPIC, SPACE and PEACE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PECTINACEOUS letters, 30 score 8 points, the group's best. CASE, PICS and CAST are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PECTINACEOUS; 7 of them share the top score of 7. CAN, ACT and PUT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PECTINACEOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PE · ending in US · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CONCEPTUS and OCCUPANTS (15 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PECTINACEOUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PECTINACEOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 424) | 339 | 424 | 307 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
85 of the 424 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CACOEPIES, CEPACEOUS, CONCUPIES, OCCUPATES, OCCUPATE, STENOPAEIC, ACUPOINTS, APNEUSTIC, PECTINEUS, STENOPAIC, ACUPOINT, CANTICOS and 73 more. 32 of the 424 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CONCEPTI, ICESCAPE, CANOPIC, CAPISCE, OSCITANCE, PECTINOUS, PINACEOUS, CAPONISE, CUTSCENE, SAUCEPOT, OCICATS, PACIEST and 20 more.
This word takes every letter of PECTINACEOUS plus a single extra one.