290 words come out when you unscramble PECTINEAL, starting with PECTINEAL itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 12, among them PATIENCE, PENTACLE and CAPELINE. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PECTINEAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 20 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PECTINEAL, the top score is 10, reached by 19. CLIENT, PLANET and PENCIL are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from PECTINEAL; 17 of them share the top score of 9. PLACE, PANEL and PEACE are everyday picks.
11 of 60 4-letter words from PECTINEAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. NICE, PAIN and CLIP will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in PECTINEAL, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. CAN, ACT and CAT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PECTINEAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PATIENCE and PENTACLE (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PECTINEAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PECTINEAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 233 | 290 | 220 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PECTINEAL, CAPELINE, PECTINAL, PLANETIC, CLAPNET, PENTICE, TELEPIC, CATNEP, PEINCT, PICENE, PIECEN, PLACIT and 45 more. 13 of the 290 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PICANTE, EPILATE, CENTAI, LEPTIN, NEPETA, INCEL, CLIT, LIPA, LIPE, PALI, CAL, TEC and 1 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of PECTINEAL and one more.