Unscramble STRINGENCY and you have 305 words, STRINGENCY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. ENCYSTING is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from STRINGENCY split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 11 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
5 of 35 7-letter words from STRINGENCY tie at 13 points; none scores more. RENTING, RESTING and NESTING will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STRINGENCY, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. TRYING, STRING and SINGER are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STRINGENCY is GRYCE, 11 points; CERTY and CYTES on 10 follow. ENTRY, CENTS and CREST are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from STRINGENCY, the top score is 9, reached by 8. CITY, NICE and CENT are the familiar ones.
CRY and ICY are the top 3-letter words in STRINGENCY, 8 points each. GET, ITS and YES will look familiar.
Trade one tile of STRINGENCY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with ST · ending in CY · all 10-letter words
STRINGENCY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STRINGENCY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRINGENCY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 305) | 218 | 304 | 186 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRYINGS, SYNTENIC, GRYCES, CENTRY, GINNERY, GRYCE, GYNNIES, RENYING, SCERNING, SCRYNE, STYRING, TRYINGS and 74 more, 86 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SYNGENIC, CRINGEY, CRINGY, CRINGEST, GYNIES, GYNIE, INCENTS, INCENT, RECITS, TENNY, TIYNS, TYINS and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NESTY.
This word takes every letter of STRINGENCY plus a single extra one.