Unscramble PECTINOUS and you have 304 words, PECTINOUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PONCIEST, POUNCETS and UNPOETIC lead with 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PECTINOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
29 7-letter words in PECTINOUS; 13 of them share the top score of 11. SECTION, NOTICES and INSPECT are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PECTINOUS, the top score is 10, reached by 19. NOTICE, TOPICS and POINTS are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 5-letter words from PECTINOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. TOPIC, INPUT and COUNT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PECTINOUS letters, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. OPEN, COST and ONCE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PECTINOUS; 5 of them share the top score of 7. ITS, TOP and NET are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of PECTINOUS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with UNPOETIC (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PECTINOUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PECTINOUS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 304) | 247 | 304 | 224 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PONCIEST, POUNCETS, CONSPUE, PEINCTS, POUNCET, PUNCTOS, UNCOPES, PEINCT, PICOTE, PONTIC, PUCEST, PUNCES and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PECTINOUS, POUTINES, NEUSTIC, POUTINE, SPECT, TOUPIES, COPI, CUEIST, CUNITS, PISTOU, CENTU, CUNIT and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT, 2 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of PECTINOUS plus a single extra one.