Unscramble TENRECS and you have 145 words, TENRECS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of TENRECS are on the page: CENTERS and CENTRES, each 9 points. 16 shorter words score 8, among them CENTER, RECENT and CENTRE. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. TENRECS as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from TENRECS by length: 3 with 7 letters, 25 with 6, 41 with 5, 43 with 4, 24 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Of the 25 6-letter words in TENRECS, 16 score 8 points, the group's best. CENTER, RECENT and CENTRE are the ones most people know.
41 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TENRECS; 14 of them share the top score of 7. ENTER, TEENS and SCENE are everyday picks.
Among 43 4-letter words from TENRECS, the top score is 6, reached by 10. TEEN, SEEN and SENT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of TENRECS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with TE · ending in CS · all 7-letter words
TENRECS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TENRECS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENRECS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 145) | 113 | 145 | 103 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
32 of the 145 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CERNES, CTENES, SCERNE, SCREET, CERNE, CREES, CTENE, CENS, CREE, STRENE, ETENS, NETES and 20 more. 10 of the 145 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CERTS, CERT, TECS, TEC, TERES, ESNE, TRES, EST, TES and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of TENRECS spell the words below.