322 words come out when you unscramble PERFORMANCE, starting with PERFORMANCE itself: 20 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PERFORCE and PREFACER, 15 points each. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PERFORMANCE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 14 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
39 7-letter words in PERFORMANCE; 5 of them share the top score of 14. COMPARE, PERFORM and ROMANCE are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERFORMANCE, the top score is 12, reached by 5. CAREER, FORMER and REFORM are the familiar ones.
CAMPO and CRAMP are the top 5-letter words from PERFORMANCE, 11 points each. FORCE, PEACE and FRAME will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in PERFORMANCE, CAMP and COMP tie for first at 10 points. FORM, COME and FACE are everyday picks.
6 of 60 3-letter words made with PERFORMANCE letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. CAN, MAP and CAR will look familiar.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PERFORCE and PREFACER (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERFORMANCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERFORMANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 322) | 254 | 321 | 238 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
67 of the 322 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FACEMEN, PROFACE, COMPEAR, CRAMPER, FOREMEAN, PACEMEN, RENFORCE, COMPER, CREMORNE, ECOMAP, FORECAR, CREMONA and 55 more. 17 of the 322 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RECONFER, FRANCO, APEMEN, CAF, CAMO, CANOER, FAM, FARRO, FREON, MERC, PERC, AFRO and 5 more. 1 of the 322 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMF.
With one more tile, the letters of PERFORMANCE spell the words below.