Unscramble SALIENCES to get 289 words. SALIENCES itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. 8 shorter words score 10, among them LICENSES, SILENCES and CLEANSES. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
S1A1L12I1E1N12C34E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SALIENCES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 17 with 2.
20 of 29 7-letter words made with SALIENCES letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. LICENSE, SILENCE and CLEANSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SALIENCES, 30 score 8 points, the group's best. SCENES, LENSES and SCALES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from SALIENCES; 39 of them share the top score of 7. CLASS, CASES and SCALE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in SALIENCES, the top score is 6, reached by 32. CASE, NICE and LANE are the familiar ones.
11 of 53 3-letter words made with SALIENCES letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. CAN, SEE and ASS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SALIENCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What SALIENCES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SALIENCES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALIENCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 219 | 289 | 207 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
70 of the 289 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENCLISES, ELANCES, SALICES, SIECLES, AESCES, ANCILE, ANCLES, CASSIE, ELANCE, ENIACS, INCLES, SCAILS and 58 more. 12 of the 289 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SCALENES, CASSENE, CASSINE, INCELS, INCEL, CALS, LIASES, CAL, ESNES, ESNE, ESSE and SAN.
Each word below uses all the letters of SALIENCES and one more.