Unscramble PENITENTIARY to get 358 words. PENITENTIARY itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. ANTIPYRINE is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34E1N12I1T1E1N12T1I1A1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PENITENTIARY by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 10, 11 with 9, 19 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Among the 10-letter words made with PENITENTIARY letters, ANTIPYRINE leads with 15 points, then TRIPINNATE on 12.
The 8-letter words from PENITENTIARY are led by ANTETYPE and ANTITYPE, 13 points each. INTERNET, INTRANET and ETERNITY are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PENITENTIARY, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. PATIENT, PATTERN and PAINTER are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from PENITENTIARY; 14 of them share the top score of 11. PRETTY, PARENT and PATENT are everyday picks.
18 of 60 5-letter words in PENITENTIARY tie at 10 points; none scores more. PARTY, ENTRY and PAINT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PENITENTIARY letters, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. YEAR, PART and TYPE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PENITENTIARY, the top score is 8, reached by 7. ARE, ANY and ART are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PENITENTIARY for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with PE · ending in RY · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PATERNITY (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PENITENTIARY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENITENTIARY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 358) | 289 | 357 | 268 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
68 of the 358 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERENNITY, PANEITY, PEATERY, PERENTY, PETARY, TRIPEY, TRYPAN, EPITRITE, NATTERY, PIANETTE, PRATY, TRIPY and 56 more. 21 of the 358 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INEPTER, TRANNY, TRIPTAN, AIYEE, EPATER, INTERNET, INTRANET, NEPETA, PANEER, PANINI, PANNER, PERITI and 9 more. 1 of the 358 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: PITTERY.