Unscramble pentoses

206 words come out when you unscramble PENTOSES, starting with PENTOSES itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. PENTOSES has 1 anagram here, POSTEENS, scoring 10 like PENTOSES itself. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 9 points, STEPSON, PENTOSE and OPENEST among them. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From pentoses

Words from PENTOSES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 26 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 16 with 2.

8 Letter Words You Can Make with pentoses

The 8-letter words made with PENTOSES letters are 2: PENTOSES itself and 1 anagram, POSTEENS. Each scores 10 points.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with pentoses

Every one of the 7 7-letter words in PENTOSES scores 9.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with pentoses

Of the 26 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PENTOSES, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. STONES is the one most people know.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with pentoses

32 of 57 5-letter words from PENTOSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. POSTS, NOTES and TEENS will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with pentoses

Among 60 4-letter words in PENTOSES, the top score is 6, reached by 36. POST, OPEN and NOTE are the familiar ones.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with pentoses

13 of 38 3-letter words made with PENTOSES letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, ONE and SEE will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with pentoses

OP, PE and PO share the top score of 4 among the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble PENTOSES. ON, NO and SO are the ones most people know.

Neighbor Words of PENTOSES

Trade one tile of PENTOSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:

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What the Best PENTOSES Words Mean

What PENTOSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

PENTOSES 10 · 12
a sugar having five carbon atoms per molecule
POSTEENS 10 · 12
an Afghan outer garment
OPENEST 9 · 11
affording unobstructed access, passage, or view
PENTOSE 9 · 11
a sugar having five carbon atoms per molecule
POETESS 9 · 10
a female poet
POSTEEN 9 · 11
an Afghan outer garment
POTEENS 9 · 11
illegally distilled Irish whiskey
STEPSON 9 · 11
a son of one's spouse by a former marriage

PENTOSES in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

PENTOSES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
PENTOSES itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 206)165206152

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

41 of the 206 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POSNETS, POSNET, STOEPS, PENTS, PONTS, POTES, SNOEP, SPEOS, SPETS, STOEP, ENOSES, NEPS and 29 more. 13 of the 206 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SEPS, ESNES, POS, PST, SENES, SENTS, ESNE, ESSE, ESTS, PO, EST, TES and 1 more.

Longer Words Built on PENTOSES

With one more tile, the letters of PENTOSES spell the words below.

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