170 words come out when you unscramble RECOMPENCE, starting with RECOMPENCE itself: 18 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. COMPERE, COMPEER and EMPERCE are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RECOMPENCE split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 30 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
Among 30 5-letter words from RECOMPENCE, the top score is 9, reached by 17. PRONE, CREEP and PENCE are the familiar ones.
COMP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RECOMPENCE at 10 points; next come CEPE and COME on 8. MORE, OPEN and ONCE will look familiar.
Among 45 3-letter words made with RECOMPENCE letters, the top score is 7, reached by 6. ONE, MEN and PRO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RECOMPENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COMPEER and COMPERE (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: RECOMPENCE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECOMPENCE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 126 | 170 | 118 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: RECOMPENCE, EMPERCE, COMPER, REPOMEN, PERCEN, CEROC, CROME, PEECE, PERCE, RECCO, CREM, ECCE and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: EOCENE, MERC, PERC, PERE, ECO, EMO, PO and RENO.
Each word below uses all the letters of RECOMPENCE and one more.