381 words come out when you unscramble PROFICIENCES, starting with PROFICIENCES itself: 21 in Scrabble, 25 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PROFICIENCE, 20 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PROFICIENCES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 11 with 9, 41 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
PROFICIENCE is the only one of the 11-letter words in PROFICIENCES; it scores 20 points.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with PROFICIENCES letters: CONFISERIE, 15 points.
SPECIFIC scores highest among the 8-letter words from PROFICIENCES at 17 points, ahead of CORNIFIC and FORCIPES on 15. FORENSIC and PIONEERS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 7-letter words made with PROFICIENCES letters is FORCEPS, 14 points; PICCIES and PICNICS on 13 follow. SCIENCE, RECIPES and PRECISE are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PROFICIENCES are led by PICNIC and PICRIC, 12 points each. PRICES, FORCES and SOCCER are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from PROFICIENCES; 11 of them share the top score of 10. PRICE, FORCE and PIECE are everyday picks.
10 of 60 4-letter words in PROFICIENCES tie at 9 points; none scores more. FREE, INFO and FIRE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with PROFICIENCES letters, FOP leads with 8 points, then CEP and COP on 7. PRO, FEE and ICE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PROFICIENCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SPECIFIC (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PROFICIENCES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFICIENCES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 381) | 278 | 378 | 256 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PROFICIENCES, PROFICIENCE, OPIFICERS, CECROPINS, CONFISERIE, CORNIFIC, OPIFICER, CECROPIN, SPECCIER, FORINSEC, FORPINES, INFORCES and 90 more, 102 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CORNIFIES, PRECONISE, PORCINIS, PSIONIC, ECESIC, EIRENICS, PEREIONS, CERESIN, CIRCS, PERCS, COPI, FIREE and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of PROFICIENCES and one more.