Unscramble TABESCENT and you have 232 words, TABESCENT itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
T1A1B34E1S1C34E1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from TABESCENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
ABCEES scores highest among the 6-letter words in TABESCENT at 10 points, ahead of ABSENT and ASCENT on 8. ESTATE, SENATE and BEATEN are the ones most people know.
ABCEE and BANCS are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TABESCENT, 9 points each. SCENE, BEAST and CENTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from TABESCENT, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. BEEN, BEST and CASE are the ones most people know.
BAC and CAB are the top 3-letter words in TABESCENT, 7 points each. CAN, SEE and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of TABESCENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TA · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ABSENCE (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: TABESCENT is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TABESCENT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 190 | 232 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TABESCENT, ABCEES, ABCEE, CANTEST, BACS, BASNET, BENETS, CTENES, SCEATT, SEBATE, BAC, BANTS and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BANCS, BANC, CENTAS, BAES, TECS, BAE, BES, TEC, ATS, EST, SAN, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.