Unscramble PERTINENCE to get 254 words. PERTINENCE itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. EPICENTER, EPICENTRE and PENITENCE are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34E1R1T1I1N12E1N12C34E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PERTINENCE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 11 with 8, 19 with 7, 49 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 19 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PERTINENCE, 7 score 11 points, the group's best. PERCENT, RECEIPT and PRETEEN are the ones most people know.
14 of 49 6-letter words from PERTINENCE tie at 10 points; none scores more. CENTER, RECENT and CENTRE will look familiar.
54 5-letter words made with PERTINENCE letters; 9 of them share the top score of 9. PRICE, PRINT and ENTER are everyday picks.
5 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PERTINENCE tie at 8 points; none scores more. TEEN, NICE and RENT will look familiar.
CEP, PEC and PIC share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from PERTINENCE. NET, INN and TEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PERTINENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EPICENTER and EPICENTRE (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERTINENCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERTINENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 195 | 252 | 178 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
58 of the 254 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIECENER, CENTENIER, PENTICE, PERCINE, INCENTRE, PEINCT, PERCEN, PERENTIE, PICENE, PIECEN, ENPRINT, PEECE and 46 more. 16 of the 254 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EPICENTRE, RENITENCE, TRICEP, INEPTER, INCENT, PERC, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, NIENTE, PERE, NINER and 4 more. 1 of the 254 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP. 1 of the 254 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of PERTINENCE and one more.