359 words come out when you unscramble PERSISTENT, starting with PERSISTENT itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of PERSISTENT are on the page: PINSETTERS, PRESENTIST and PRETTINESS, each 12 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PERSISTENT by length: 4 with 10 letters, 8 with 9, 31 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
PERSISTENT and 3 anagrams, PRETTINESS, PRESENTIST and PINSETTERS, make up the 10-letter words made with PERSISTENT letters; each scores 12 points.
18 of 31 8-letter words from PERSISTENT tie at 10 points; none scores more. INTEREST and PRESENTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSISTENT, 43 score 9 points, the group's best. PRESENT, ENTRIES and STRIPES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words made with PERSISTENT letters scores 8. PRINTS, SPRINT and PRIEST are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSISTENT come to 60, each scoring 7 points. PRESS, PRINT and PETER are the familiar ones.
50 of 60 4-letter words from PERSISTENT tie at 6 points; none scores more. TIPS, STEP and TRIP will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in PERSISTENT, 19 score 5 points, the group's best. SEE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PERSISTENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NT · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PRETTINESS (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERSISTENT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERSISTENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 359) | 275 | 359 | 262 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPINETTES, PENTISES, SPINETTE, STREPENT, TERPINES, ESPIERS, NIPTERS, PENTISE, PETTIES, PITTERS, PRESSIE, RESISTENT and 72 more, 84 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INEPTEST, INEPTER, SITREPS, SITREP, PERES, PERE, SEPS, PST, ESNE, ESSE, EST, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of PERSISTENT plus a single extra one.