259 words come out when you unscramble PENTATHLON, starting with PENTATHLON itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PENTATHLON by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with PENTATHLON letters: PANTHENOL, 14 points.
37 6-letter words from PENTATHLON; 4 of them share the top score of 11. PLANET, PATENT and TALENT are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words in PENTATHLON, the top score is 10, reached by 4. HOTEL, PHONE and PANEL are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 4-letter words made with PENTATHLON letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. HELP, THEN and OPEN will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PENTATHLON, the top score is 8, reached by 8. TOP, HOT and PET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PENTATHLON but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in ON · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PANTHEON (13 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PENTATHLON, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENTATHLON itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 215 | 258 | 205 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 259 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PANTHENOL, HOTPLATE, PHEON, HEPT, LATHEN, AHENT, APTOTE, ETHAL, HOTEN, LOHAN, OPTANT, PANTON and 32 more. 10 of the 259 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PHEO, HALON, PHO, PALEO, PLEON, LAH, APO, OPA, PO and TE. 1 of the 259 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: HAOLE.
With one more tile, the letters of PENTATHLON spell the words below.