Unscramble PERCENTILES and you have 408 words, PERCENTILES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 5 of them, PERCENTILE, PESTILENCE and EPICENTERS included. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34E1R1C34E1N12T1I1L12E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PERCENTILES split into 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 10, 24 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Every one of the 5 10-letter words made with PERCENTILES letters scores 14. PERCENTILE is an everyday pick.
Of the 24 9-letter words in PERCENTILES, 13 score 13 points, the group's best.
23 of 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PERCENTILES tie at 12 points; none scores more. PRESENCE, LICENSEE and RECEIPTS will look familiar.
Among 60 7-letter words from PERCENTILES, the top score is 11, reached by 38. PERCENT, RESPECT and CLIENTS are the familiar ones.
35 of 60 6-letter words made with PERCENTILES letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. CENTER, PRICES and CENTRE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PERCENTILES, 25 score 9 points, the group's best. PRICE, PIECE and CLIPS are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 4-letter words from PERCENTILES tie at 8 points; none scores more. PICS, NICE and CLIP will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in PERCENTILES, CEP, PEC and PIC tie for first at 7 points. ITS, LET and NET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PERCENTILES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EPICENTERS, EPICENTRES and PRINCELETS (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PERCENTILES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERCENTILES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 408) | 316 | 406 | 285 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 92 of them: PIECENERS, PENTICES, PERCINES, PIECENER, PLECTRES, SPECTRIN, TELEPICS, ELECTRISE, PECTISE, PEINCTS, PENTICE, PERCINE and 80 more. Words With Friends* skips 29 of them: EPICENTRES, EPICENTRE, ECLIPSER, CELESTINE, TELECINES, ENTERICS, REPLETES, RESELECT, TELECINE, TRICEP, CERESIN, INEPTER and 17 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: CRIPS and CRIP.
These 3 words take every letter of PERCENTILES plus a single extra one.