Unscramble PENTAVALENT and you have 258 words, PENTAVALENT itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34E1N12T1A1V45A1L12E1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PENTAVALENT split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 8, 15 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PENTAVALENT is PAVANE, 11 points; LEAVEN and LEVANT on 9 follow. PLANET, PATENT and TALENT are everyday picks.
PAVAN and PAVEN share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from PENTAVALENT. EVENT, LEAVE and PANEL are the ones most people know.
PAVE, VAPE and VEEP are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PENTAVALENT, 9 points each. EVEN, PLAN and TAPE will look familiar.
PAV scores highest among the 3-letter words from PENTAVALENT at 8 points, ahead of AVA and AVE on 6. LET, NET and VAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PENTAVALENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NT · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PAVANE (11 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PENTAVALENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENTAVALENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 199 | 258 | 189 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAVEN, VENTANA, EPATANT, PLANTAE, VALETA, VALETE, VELETA, VENNEL, ALPEEN, AVALE, ELVAN, NAEVE and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PANTALET, PALEATE, VAPE, ELVEN, NEPETA, NAPA, NAV, PAAN, TELNET and TE, 10 in all.