472 words come out when you unscramble TENACIOUSNESS, starting with TENACIOUSNESS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The 13 letters split into 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
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By length, the words from TENACIOUSNESS split into 1 with 13 letters, 3 with 11, 15 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2. None has 12 letters.
The 11-letter words made with TENACIOUSNESS letters come to 3, each scoring 13 points.
10 of 15 10-letter words in TENACIOUSNESS tie at 12 points; none scores more. SENSATIONS will look familiar.
Of the 60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble TENACIOUSNESS, 45 score 11 points, the group's best. CONTINUES, INSTANCES and CONSENSUS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 8-letter words from TENACIOUSNESS scores 10. CONTINUE, CONTAINS and AUCTIONS are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 7-letter words from TENACIOUSNESS score 9 points. AUCTION, ACTIONS and CONTAIN are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words in TENACIOUSNESS scores 8. ACTION, CASINO and CENSUS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with TENACIOUSNESS letters come to 60, each scoring 7 points. COSTS, CASES and CAUSE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TENACIOUSNESS score 6 points. CASE, COST and ONCE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from TENACIOUSNESS; 23 of them share the top score of 5. CAN, ITS and ACT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of TENACIOUSNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
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TENACIOUSNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
TENACIOUSNESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENACIOUSNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 472) | 374 | 470 | 347 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
97 of the 472 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTINESSES, CANTONISES, SEACUNNIES, CANTINESS, CANTONISE, ECOSSAISE, ECSTASISE, ICESTONES, INSECTEAN, SAUCISSON, SONANCIES, UNCESSANT and 85 more. 26 of the 472 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CONTESSAS, ENACTIONS, NEUSTONIC, CAESIOUS, CANTUSES, CASSENES, CASSINES, CONTESSA, ENACTION, ANTSINESS, CASSENE, CASSINE and 14 more. 2 of the 472 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CUTESINESS and ASCITESES. 1 of the 472 answers is missing from Scrabble US: CUNT.