Unscramble PENKNIVES to get 178 words. PENKNIVES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, KNIVES, KIEVES and PINKENS lead with 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PENKNIVES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 13 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 8 letters.
4 of 48 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PENKNIVES tie at 12 points; none scores more. SEVEN, KEEPS and SPINE will look familiar.
KIEV scores highest among the 4-letter words from PENKNIVES at 11 points, ahead of KEEP and KEPI on 10. EVEN, SKIN and SKIP are the ones most people know.
PENKNIVES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PENKNIVES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENKNIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 142 | 177 | 135 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
35 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KIEVES, KIEVE, KIEVS, KNIVE, KIEV, KIPES, PENKS, SPINK, KIPE, PENK, SPEK, NEIVES and 23 more. 8 of the 178 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PENNES, EEK, KIS, VINS, KI, SEV, VIN and NENES. 1 of the 178 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: SPIK.