Unscramble PERTINENT and you have 181 words, PERTINENT itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PERTINENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 30 with 6, 39 with 5, 53 with 4, 36 with 3 and 12 with 2.
30 6-letter words from PERTINENT; 13 of them share the top score of 8. ENTIRE, INTENT and PETITE are everyday picks.
Among 39 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PERTINENT, the top score is 7, reached by 18. PRINT, ENTER and PETER are the familiar ones.
21 of 53 4-letter words in PERTINENT tie at 6 points; none scores more. TEEN, TREE and RENT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PERTINENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
PERTINENT first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PERTINENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERTINENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 135 | 180 | 126 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENPRINT, TERPINE, NIPTER, PINNET, PITTEN, PITTER, NEPER, NEPIT, PENIE, PETRE, PETRI, PIERT and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INEPTER, INTERNET, NIENTE, PERE, NINER, TENNE, TETRI, TEIN and TE, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of PERTINENT and one more.