Unscramble tense

Unscramble TENSE and you have 42 words, TENSE itself among them: it scores 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. TENSE has 6 anagrams here, ETENS, NETES, SENTE, STEEN, TEENS and TENES, scoring 5 like TENSE itself. Among the shorter answers, 16 reach 4 points, TEEN, SEEN and SENT among them. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From tense

By length, the words from TENSE split into 7 with 5 letters, 16 with 4, 12 with 3 and 7 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with tense

7 5-letter words made with TENSE letters use every letter: TENSE and its 6 anagrams TENES, TEENS, STEEN, SENTE, NETES and ETENS, all with 5 points.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with tense

The 4-letter words in TENSE come to 16, each scoring 4 points. TEEN, SEEN and SENT are the familiar ones.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with tense

All 12 of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble TENSE score 3 points. SEE, SET and NET are the ones most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with tense

Every one of the 7 2-letter words from TENSE scores 2.

TENSE With One Letter Changed

Trade one tile of TENSE for another and you can spell these 6 words:

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Definitions for the Top TENSE Plays

The meaning of TENSE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

TENSE 5 · 6
fully stretched
SENTE 5 · 6
a monetary unit of Lesotho
TEENS 5 · 6
a teenager
ESNE 4 · 5
a laborer in Anglo-Saxon England
NEST 4 · 5
to build a structure for holding bird eggs
NETS 4 · 5
to catch in a type of openwork fabric
SEEN 4 · 5
to perceive with the eyes
SENE 4 · 5
a monetary unit of Samoa

TENSE in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

TENSE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
TENSE itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 42)274223

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 15 of them: ETENS, NETES, STEEN, TENES, ENES, ENTS, ETEN, NETE, SNEE, STEN, TENE, EEN and 3 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: ESNE, EST, TES and TE.

One Extra Tile and TENSE Grows

These 12 words take every letter of TENSE plus a single extra one.

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