Unscramble REFLECTANCES and you have 389 words, REFLECTANCES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REFLECTANCE leads with 18 points. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from REFLECTANCES split into 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 5 with 10, 14 with 9, 44 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
REFLECTANCE scores highest among the 11-letter words in REFLECTANCES at 18 points, ahead of RECALESCENT on 15.
Among the 10-letter words made with REFLECTANCES letters, FLATSCREEN and FREELANCES tie for first at 15 points.
4 of 44 8-letter words from REFLECTANCES tie at 13 points; none scores more. REFLECTS, CLEANERS and CRESCENT will look familiar.
Among 60 7-letter words in REFLECTANCES, the top score is 12, reached by 9. CENTRAL, CENTERS and REFLECT are the familiar ones.
16 of 60 6-letter words made with REFLECTANCES letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. CANCER, FASTER and CRAFTS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble REFLECTANCES, the top score is 10, reached by 16. AFTER, FACTS and FALSE are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words from REFLECTANCES tie at 9 points; none scores more. FREE, LEFT and SELF will look familiar.
CAF scores highest among the 3-letter words in REFLECTANCES at 8 points, ahead of AFT and ALF on 6. ARE, CAN and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of REFLECTANCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with RECALESCENT (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
REFLECTANCES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REFLECTANCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 389) | 317 | 387 | 294 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: FLATSCREEN, ALFERECES, CANCELEERS, LATESCENCE, CANCELEER, CANTREFS, CANTREF, CREANCES, CREANCE, EELFARES, FLEETERS, FRACTS and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: RECALESCENT, CALCRETES, CALESCENT, RECALESCE, CALCRETE, CRENELATES, CRENELATE, CERCAL, LEAFERS, RESELECT, SNARFLE, CAFS and 11 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALFS and ALF.