Words Containing LENCY

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing LENCY?

QUINQUEVALENCY is worth 40 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are QUADRIVALENCY (31), EQUIVALENCY (28), EQUIPOLLENCY (28).

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All Words Containing LENCY 38 words

How often does LENCY appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 38 words containing LENCY. Most are 10 letters long, they average 20.2 points, the best is QUINQUEVALENCY (40 points) and 100% end in Y.

Total words: 38
Most common length: 10 letters; 12 words
Average Scrabble score: 20.2; out of 40 max
Longest word: ELECTROVALENCY; 14 letters
Most common ending: Y; 100% of words

Most common last letters

y 100%

Top vowel pairs

ui10.5%
au2.6%
ua2.6%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing LENCY

q ₁₀u ₁i ₁n ₁q ₁₀u ₁e ₁v ₄a ₁l ₁e ₁n ₁c ₃y ₄

Q 10 + U 1 + I 1 + N 1 + Q 10 + U 1 + E 1 + V 4 + A 1 + L 1 + E 1 + N 1 + C 3 + Y 4 = 40 points

Double word: 80 pts
Triple word: 120 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

quinquevalency

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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