Unscramble TENACES to get 169 words. TENACES itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: CETANES. The best shorter words score 8: 11 of them, STANCE, SENECA and ASCENT included. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of TENACES at once for 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from TENACES by length: 2 with 7 letters, 16 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
20 of 37 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TENACES tie at 7 points; none scores more. TEENS, SCENE and CENTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from TENACES, 22 score 6 points, the group's best. CASE, EAST and SEEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TENACES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with TE · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
TENACES 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 TENACES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENACES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 131 | 169 | 119 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
38 of the 169 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CTENES, CAESE, CTENE, SCEAT, AESC, ANCE, CEAS, CENS, ENSATE, STEANE, ETENS, NETES and 26 more. 12 of the 169 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CENTAS, TECS, TEC, ESNE, NAES, STAN, TASE, ATS, EST, SAN, TES and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of TENACES and one more.