Unscramble PENCHANTS and you have 255 words, PENCHANTS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. PENCHANT is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34E1N12C34H43A1N12T1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PENCHANTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
5 of 41 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PENCHANTS tie at 13 points; none scores more. CHEATS, ASPECT and STANCE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from PENCHANTS, 8 score 12 points, the group's best. SPACE, CHEAP and PHASE are the ones most people know.
CAPH, CHAP and PECH are the top 4-letter words from PENCHANTS, 11 points each. THEN, EACH and TECH will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in PENCHANTS; 9 of them share the top score of 8. CAN, HAS and ACT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PENCHANTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What PENCHANTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PENCHANTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENCHANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 212 | 254 | 198 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: SPETCH, NATCHES, CANEHS, CATNEPS, CANEH, CATNEP, NACHE, PANCES, SCATH, CHAS, HEPT, HESP and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: CATHS, TECHS, THESP, CATH, ECHT, HEPS, SPECT, TECH, CENTAS, SHEN, AHS, PST and 3 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: NANCES.