364 words come out when you unscramble RENAISSANCE, starting with RENAISSANCE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of RENAISSANCE is on the page: NECESSARIAN, each 13 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RENAISSANCE by length: 2 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 12 with 9, 32 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
The 11-letter words made with RENAISSANCE letters are 2: RENAISSANCE itself and 1 anagram, NECESSARIAN. Each scores 13 points.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in RENAISSANCE: ARCANENESS, for 12 points.
Among 32 8-letter words from RENAISSANCE, the top score is 10, reached by 26. INCREASE and SCANNERS are the familiar ones.
51 of 60 7-letter words from RENAISSANCE tie at 9 points; none scores more. SCANNER, SCREENS and INCENSE will look familiar.
The 6-letter words in RENAISSANCE come to 60, each scoring 8 points. CAIRNS, CANINE and CRISES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words made with RENAISSANCE letters score 7 points. CASES, SCENE and ACRES are the ones most people know.
46 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RENAISSANCE tie at 6 points; none scores more. AREA, CASE and CARE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from RENAISSANCE, 12 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, CAN and SEE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RENAISSANCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in CE · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CANNERIES, CESAREANS, CESARIANS, ENCAENIAS, INCREASES and NARCEINES (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. RENAISSANCE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RENAISSANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 364) | 274 | 361 | 260 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
87 of the 364 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NECESSARIAN, ARCANENESS, INCENSERS, RESIANCES, SCENARIES, SCENARISE, CERASINS, CINEREAS, INCENSER, NARCEENS, RESIANCE, SCRIENES and 75 more. 17 of the 364 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ENCAENIAS, NAISSANCE, CERESINS, SARCINAE, SARCINAS, CASSENA, CASSENE, CASSINA, CASSINE, CERESIN, SARCINA, ACAIS and 5 more. 3 of the 364 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCIES, NANCES and NANCE.
With one more tile, the letters of RENAISSANCE spell the words below.