Unscramble PERSISTINGLY and you have 427 words, PERSISTINGLY itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PRESSINGLY leads with 16 points. It has 12 letters, 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PERSISTINGLY split into 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 9 with 10, 35 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among the 11-letter words made with PERSISTINGLY letters, RESISTINGLY leads with 15 points, then PRIESTLINGS on 14.
PRESSINGLY tops the 10-letter words in PERSISTINGLY at 16 points; next come PRISTINELY and SPINSTERLY on 15.
SPRINGILY and TRIPLYING share the top score of 15 among the 9-letter words from PERSISTINGLY. RESISTING is the one most people know.
Among 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSISTINGLY, the top score is 14, reached by 5. PRESSING, SPLINTER and PRISTINE are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSISTINGLY tie at 13 points; none scores more. RELYING, STYLING and SYRINGE will look familiar.
60 6-letter words from PERSISTINGLY; 11 of them share the top score of 12. TRYING, PLENTY and TYPING are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words in PERSISTINGLY, the top score is 11, reached by 5. REPLY, ENTRY and TYPES are the familiar ones.
GYPS tops the 4-letter words made with PERSISTINGLY letters at 10 points; next come ESPY and PILY on 9. TYPE, GREY and TINY will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSISTINGLY is GYP, 9 points; PLY and PRY on 8 follow. GET, YES and YET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PERSISTINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PE · ending in LY · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PRESSINGLY (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PERSISTINGLY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERSISTINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 427) | 302 | 424 | 278 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
124 of the 427 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERSISTINGLY, RESISTINGLY, TRIPLYING, PENSILITY, PRIESTLINGS, YELPINGS, GILPEYS, GREYLISTS, PEYSING, PRIESTLING, PRYINGS, PRYSING and 112 more. 24 of the 427 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PYRITISES, PYRITISE, SPRINGLETS, SPRITELY, STRINGILY, TYPINGS, RINGLETY, SPRINGLET, STRIPEY, TIRINGLY, LISPINGS, GLINTY and 12 more. 2 of the 427 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: GYPSTERS and GYPSTER. 1 of the 427 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NESTY.
Each word below uses all the letters of PERSISTINGLY and one more.