Unscramble PENITENCIES to get 296 words. PENITENCIES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PENITENCIES split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 13 with 8, 38 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in PENITENCIES: PENITENCES, 14 points.
Of the 38 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PENITENCIES, 12 score 11 points, the group's best. INTENSE, INSPECT and INCENSE are the ones most people know.
13 of 56 6-letter words in PENITENCIES tie at 10 points; none scores more. CITIES, TENNIS and PIECES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with PENITENCIES letters, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. PIECE, SPENT and SCENE are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PENITENCIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. TIPS, STEP and PICS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from PENITENCIES, CEP, PEC and PIC tie for first at 7 points. SEE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PENITENCIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with TENPENCES (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PENITENCIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENITENCIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 229 | 296 | 209 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PENITENCIES, PECTINEI, PENTICES, EPICIST, PECTISE, PEINCTS, PENTICE, PICENES, PIECENS, INSCIENT, PEECES, PEINCT and 55 more, 67 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INCENTS, SPECT, INCENT, PENNES, ETICS, TENNESI, INNIES, NIENTE, SINNET, TECS, TENESI, TENNES and 8 more, 20 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of PENITENCIES plus a single extra one.