Unscramble PENMANSHIP to get 265 words. PENMANSHIP itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. MISHAPPEN is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PENMANSHIP by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 13 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 8 letters.
MISHAPPEN is the only one of the 9-letter words made with PENMANSHIP letters; it scores 18 points.
5 of 43 6-letter words from PENMANSHIP tie at 13 points; none scores more. HAPPEN, INSANE and SIENNA will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PENMANSHIP, HAPPI, HEMPS and PASHM tie for first at 12 points. MEANS, NAMES and PHASE are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in PENMANSHIP, HEMP leads with 11 points, then PIMP on 10 and AHEM on 9. MAPS, SHIP and MESH are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words made with PENMANSHIP letters; 10 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, MAP and MAN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PENMANSHIP for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in IP · all 10-letter words
The meaning of PENMANSHIP, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PENMANSHIP, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENMANSHIP itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 217 | 264 | 196 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: MISHAPPEN, HAPPIES, HIPPENS, PHAEISM, HIPPEN, PASHIM, HEMINAS, HEMINA, MANEHS, HIEMS, MANEH, MIHAS and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: HAPPIS, HAPPI, PASHM, MENSH, ASHINE, HEPS, HIMS, PIPAS, SHENAI, APPS, MEH, MIPS and 9 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: HEMI.
Each word below uses all the letters of PENMANSHIP and one more.