235 words come out when you unscramble PERSECUTE, starting with PERSECUTE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 11 points, RESPECT, SPECTER and SPECTRE among them. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PERSECUTE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 13 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 8 letters.
43 6-letter words made with PERSECUTE letters; 9 of them share the top score of 10. SECURE, SECRET and RESCUE are everyday picks.
11 of 60 5-letter words from PERSECUTE tie at 9 points; none scores more. SUPER, PETER and SETUP will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSECUTE, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. STEP, REST and PETS are the ones most people know.
CEP, CUP and PEC are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSECUTE, 7 points each. USE, SEE and SET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PERSECUTE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PRECUTS, RECEPTS, RESPECT, SCEPTER, SCEPTRE, SPECTER and SPECTRE (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERSECUTE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERSECUTE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 198 | 235 | 180 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
37 of the 235 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEECES, PERCES, PRECES, PUCEST, CREPS, ESTREPE, PEECE, PERCE, PERTUSE, PUCER, CESURE, PERSUE and 25 more. 18 of the 235 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PERCS, RESCUEE, SPECT, PERC, CERTS, PERES, CERT, PERE, TECS, URPS, CRU, PST and 6 more.
With one more tile, the letters of PERSECUTE spell the words below.