Unscramble PERNICIOUS to get 347 words. PERNICIOUS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PRECISION, 13 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PERNICIOUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 19 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
PRECISION is the only one of the 9-letter words in PERNICIOUS; it scores 13 points.
Among 19 8-letter words made with PERNICIOUS letters, the top score is 12, reached by 9. PRECIOUS is the familiar one.
24 of 60 7-letter words from PERNICIOUS tie at 11 points; none scores more. CUISINE, INSPIRE and COPIERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERNICIOUS, 27 score 10 points, the group's best. PRICES, COURSE and CRUISE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PERNICIOUS; 26 of them share the top score of 9. PRICE, SCOPE and COINS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PERNICIOUS, 18 score 8 points, the group's best. OPEN, ONCE and PICS are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 3-letter words in PERNICIOUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. PRO, CUP and ICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PERNICIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in US · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CONSPIRE, INCORPSE, PECORINI, PORCINIS, POUNCERS and PRECIOUS (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERNICIOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERNICIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 347) | 269 | 345 | 247 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPINOSIC, IRISCOPE, OPINICUS, CONSPUE, COPSIER, COUPERS, CRISPIN, CUSPIER, PERICON, PERSICO, PONCIER, UNCOPES and 66 more, 78 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PORCINIS, PSIONIC, INSOURCE, CONURES, NICOISE, OUNCERS, PERCS, CONURE, COPI, ESPOIR, PERC, CORS and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP, 2 in all.