Unscramble QUIESCENT to get 236 words. QUIESCENT itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CINQUES, QUIESCE and QUINCES, 18 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from QUIESCENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 17 with 2.
QUIETENS is the only one of the 8-letter words made with QUIESCENT letters; it scores 17 points.
CINQUE and QUINCE are the top 6-letter words from QUIESCENT, 17 points each. QUEENS, INSECT and EQUINE will look familiar.
CINQS scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble QUIESCENT at 16 points, ahead of EQUES and QUEEN on 14. TEENS, QUITE and SUITE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words made with QUIESCENT letters is CINQ, 15 points; QINS and QUIN on 13 follow. SITE, TEEN and SEEN are everyday picks.
QIN, QIS and SUQ share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble QUIESCENT. USE, SEE and ITS are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of QUIESCENT, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with QU · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
QUIESCENT first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept QUIESCENT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUIESCENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 181 | 236 | 159 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
53 of the 236 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: QUIESCE, QUEEST, QUEINT, QUINES, QUITES, QUINE, QUIST, SQUIT, QINS, QIN, CESTUI, CTENES and 41 more. 24 of the 236 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CINQS, CINQ, EQUES, QIS, QI, NEUSTIC, CUEIST, CUNITS, CENTU, CUNIT, ENSUITE, ETICS and 12 more. 2 of the 236 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.
These 3 words take every letter of QUIESCENT plus a single extra one.