Unscramble PERTINACIOUS and you have 488 words, PERTINACIOUS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. PRECAUTIONS is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 12 letters split into 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PERTINACIOUS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 11, 21 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 43 with 2.
PRECAUTIONS scores highest among the 11-letter words in PERTINACIOUS at 15 points, ahead of CAUTIONRIES and UTOPIANISER on 13.
Among 21 10-letter words made with PERTINACIOUS letters, the top score is 14, reached by 12. PRECAUTION is the familiar one.
Of the 60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PERTINACIOUS, 36 score 13 points, the group's best. COUNTRIES, PRECISION and INSPECTOR are the ones most people know.
The 8-letter words from PERTINACIOUS come to 60, each scoring 12 points. PICTURES, CAPTURES and PRACTISE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 7-letter words in PERTINACIOUS score 11 points. PICTURE, CAPTURE and CAPTION are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words made with PERTINACIOUS letters scores 10. COPIES, ASPECT and CARPET are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PERTINACIOUS come to 60, each scoring 9 points. PRICE, SCOPE and CORPS are the familiar ones.
30 of 60 4-letter words from PERTINACIOUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and CART will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in PERTINACIOUS; 7 of them share the top score of 7. CAN, CAR and ACT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PERTINACIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Yes. PERTINACIOUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERTINACIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 488) | 383 | 486 | 339 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 105 of them: ANCIPITOUS, CRISPATION, PICTARNIES, POTICARIES, RECAPTIONS, TRINISCOPE, ACUPOINTS, APNEUSTIC, AURISCOPE, CAUTIONRIES, PANOISTIC, PARECIOUS and 93 more. Words With Friends* skips 42 of them: EPINASTIC, PECTINOUS, PINACEOUS, PROSCENIA, PROTEINIC, PURITANIC, CAPONISE, CAUTIONERS, COINTREAUS, CREPITUS, PORCINIS, RECAUTIONS and 30 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: CRIPS and CRIP.
Each word below uses all the letters of PERTINACIOUS and one more.