Unscramble PENSIVELY and you have 234 words, PENSIVELY itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 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 PENSIVELY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
4 of 33 6-letter words made with PENSIVELY letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. SLEEPY, EVENLY and SPLEEN will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PENSIVELY, the top score is 11, reached by 7. SEVEN, LIVES and VINYL are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words from PENSIVELY tie at 10 points; none scores more. EVEN, LIVE and EYES will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from PENSIVELY, IVY and VLY tie for first at 9 points. SEE, YES and EYE are everyday picks.
These 3 words have the length of PENSIVELY, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What PENSIVELY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PENSIVELY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENSIVELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 176 | 234 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
58 of the 234 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SNIVELY, VENEYS, SENVY, VEILY, VENEY, YEVEN, YEVES, PEYSE, PYNES, SNIPY, YEVE, LIEVES and 46 more. 12 of the 234 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SLIEVE, YEPS, EENSY, ELVEN, LEVIS, VLEIS, LEVS, VINS, VLEI, LIPE, SEV and VIN.