Unscramble PENITENCY to get 138 words. PENITENCY itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. PYCNITE is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PENITENCY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 16 with 6, 20 with 5, 49 with 4, 38 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 8 letters.
TYPIC scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PENITENCY at 12 points, ahead of PENNY and PIETY on 10. PIECE, NIECE and PENCE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from PENITENCY is PYIC, 11 points; CITY and CYTE on 9 follow. TYPE, TEEN and NICE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PENITENCY for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in CY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ECTYPE (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PENITENCY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENITENCY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 138) | 107 | 138 | 97 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
31 of the 138 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PENITENCY, PYCNITE, ETYPIC, PENTICE, PEINCT, PICENE, PIECEN, CYTE, PYET, PYNE, PINNET, CTENE and 19 more. 10 of the 138 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INCENT, TENNY, TIYN, TYIN, YEET, NIENTE, TEC, TENNE, TEIN and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of PENITENCY and one more.