Unscramble RESIDENCY and you have 275 words, RESIDENCY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from RESIDENCY split into 1 with 9 letters, 19 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
CINDERY tops the 7-letter words in RESIDENCY at 13 points; next come SCENERY on 12 and CEDRINE on 10. SINCERE and DISCERN will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with RESIDENCY letters, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. SCREEN, DESIRE and RESIDE are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RESIDENCY, CYDER, DECRY and DICEY tie for first at 11 points. SCENE, CRIED and CREED are everyday picks.
5 of 60 4-letter words from RESIDENCY tie at 9 points; none scores more. NICE, EYES and DISC will look familiar.
The 3-letter words in RESIDENCY are led by CRY and ICY, 8 points each. SEE, END and YES are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RESIDENCY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in CY · all 9-letter words
RESIDENCY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. RESIDENCY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENCY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 275) | 194 | 275 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 81 of them: SCRYDE, ESNECY, SCRYNE, CEDRINE, DERNYS, DESYNE, INCEDES, NERDICS, RICEY, SCERNED, SNIDEY, CENDRE and 69 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: CIDERY, CERESIN, RINDY, SNEERY, CREDS, EENSY, CRED, YER and EDS.
With one more tile, the letters of RESIDENCY spell the words below.