Unscramble SUBSISTENCES and you have 321 words, SUBSISTENCES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. SUBSISTENCE is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SUBSISTENCES split into 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 2 with 10, 3 with 9, 19 with 8, 36 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
SUBSISTENCE tops the 11-letter words made with SUBSISTENCES letters at 15 points; next comes BUSTINESSES on 13.
The 10-letter words in SUBSISTENCES come to 2, each scoring 12 points. BUSINESSES is the familiar one.
SUBSECTS scores highest among the 8-letter words from SUBSISTENCES at 12 points, ahead of BUSINESS and CENSUSES on 10.
36 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBSISTENCES; 4 of them share the top score of 11. INSECTS, TISSUES and SUBSETS are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from SUBSISTENCES, the top score is 10, reached by 5. ISSUES, CENSUS and SCENES are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 5-letter words in SUBSISTENCES tie at 9 points; none scores more. SCENE, CENTS and BUSES will look familiar.
BICE, CUBE and CUBS share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words made with SUBSISTENCES letters. BEEN, BEST and NICE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBSISTENCES, CUB leads with 7 points, then BEE and BEN on 5. BUT, SEE and ITS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SUBSISTENCES but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BUSTINESSES (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SUBSISTENCES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBSISTENCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 321) | 258 | 318 | 234 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: SUBTENSES, BUNCES, CISSUSES, CITESSES, NEUSTICS, SUBTENSE, BUNCE, CESTUIS, BENETS, BESITS, BESTIS, BUISTS and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: BUSTINESSES, BUSTINESS, BESTIES, BUSTEES, CUEISTS, NEUSTIC, BESTIE, BUSTEE, CUEIST, CUNITS, ENSUITES, BESES and 13 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: BINTS and BINT. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: CUNTS and CUNT. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: CUTESINESS.