permanence needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 16 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 177 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
permanence is the highest-scoring word from permanence, worth 16 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 177 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in permanence — and it is permanence itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling permanence turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is permeance, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in permanence produces 4 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are menacer, penance, penname, and prename, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling permanence turns up 23 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with manner and meaner. For points, the strongest plays are camper and encamp — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 35 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in permanence. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cream and peace. For points, the strongest play is cramp — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in permanence produces 53 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amen, came, camp, cape, care, cram, and crap. For points, the strongest play is camp — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling permanence turns up 45 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, are, arm, can, cap, car, and ear. For points, the strongest plays are amp, cam, cap, cep, mac, map, pac, pam, and pec — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in permanence. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an, and me. For points, the strongest plays are am, em, ma, me, pa, and pe — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in permanence plus one additional letter.
permanence is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 5-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for permanence. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 16 points on a Scrabble board:
permanence is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing permanence unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is permanence, worth 16 points in Scrabble, and no other word from permanence earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in permanence produce 177 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 4 seven-letter words, 23 six-letter words, 35 five-letter words, 53 four-letter words, 45 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.