Unscramble TENACIOUS to get 316 words. TENACIOUS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 7 of them, AUCTIONS, COUNTIES and CAUTIONS included. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from TENACIOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 36 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
32 of 36 7-letter words in TENACIOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SECTION, AUCTION and ACTIONS will look familiar.
The 6-letter words from TENACIOUS come to 60, each scoring 8 points. ACTION, NOTICE and CASINO are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TENACIOUS score 7 points. CAUSE, COAST and COUNT are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in TENACIOUS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. CASE, COST and ONCE are the familiar ones.
22 of 60 3-letter words made with TENACIOUS letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, CAN and ITS will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of TENACIOUS, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ACONITES, AUCTIONS, CANOEIST, CAUTIONS, COUNTIES and SONICATE (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TENACIOUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENACIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 316) | 246 | 316 | 229 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 68 of them: ANTICOUS, ANICUTS, ANOETIC, CANIEST, COSTEAN, ECONUTS, EUCAINS, NAUTICS, NOCTUAS, SOCIATE, UNCOEST, ACTONS and 56 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: COTEAUS, NEUSTIC, CENTAI, CENTAS, CUEIST, CUNITS, ASCON, CENTU, CUNIT, ETICS, ECOS, SOCA and 7 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: CUNTS and CUNT.
With one more tile, the letters of TENACIOUS spell the words below.