Unscramble PENICIL and you have 53 words, PENICIL itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. PENICIL as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
Looking for licpine? They use the same letters as PENICIL, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PENICIL by length: 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 7 with 5, 17 with 4, 18 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of PENICIL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PE · ending in IL · all 7-letter words
PENICIL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PENICIL works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENICIL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 53) | 44 | 53 | 41 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: PICINE, CLIPE, INCLE, CIEL, PENI, LEP, NEP, PEL and NIE. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: CEILI, INCEL and LIPE.
These 2 words take every letter of PENICIL plus a single extra one.