Unscramble PENDULINE to get 180 words. PENDULINE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. PENDULE, PENNIED and UNPILED are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PENDULINE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 17 with 6, 33 with 5, 57 with 4, 51 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 33 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PENDULINE, the top score is 8, reached by 11. LINED, LINEN and PILED are the familiar ones.
7 of 57 4-letter words from PENDULINE tie at 7 points; none scores more. NEED, LINE and DEEP will look familiar.
51 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PENDULINE; 5 of them share the top score of 6. END, DUE and INN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PENDULINE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with UNPILED (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PENDULINE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENDULINE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 137 | 180 | 129 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
43 of the 180 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PENDULINE, PENDULE, PENNIED, UNIPED, ENNUIED, LEPID, PENDU, PENED, PIEND, UPLED, DINNLE, LINNED and 31 more. 8 of the 180 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PEDI, DEP, LIPE, DENI, LEDE, LUD, LUN and UNI.