PERSISTENT

10 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PERSISTENT Means

adjective: never-ceasing“the relentless beat of the drums”
adjective: continually recurring to the mind“haunting memories”

Similar words

RELENTLESS HAUNTING

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PERSISTENT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 R1 S1 I1 S1 T1 E1 N1 T1.

Anagrams of PERSISTENT (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

PINSETTERS PRESENTIST PRETTINESS

Words Made From The Letters In PERSISTENT

655 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (8)

INSETTERS INTERESTS PETTINESS PINSETTER RESISTENT SPINETTES STERNITES TRITENESS

8 letter words (30)

7 letter words (77)

6 letter words (149)

ENTERS ENTIRE EPRISE ESPIER ESPIES ESPRIT ESTERS ESTRIN ETTINS INERTS INSERT INSETS INSTEP INTERS NEPERS NEPITS NEREIS NERITE NESTER NETTER NETTIE NIPTER NITERS NITRES PEISES PENIES PERSES PESTER PETERS PETITE PETRES PETTER PIERST PIERTS PISTES PITTEN PITTER PREENS PRENTS PRESES PRESET PRESTS PRIEST PRINTS PRISES PTERIN REESTS REISES REISTS RENEST RENIES RENTES REPENT REPINE REPINS RESENT RESETS RESINS RESIST RESITE RESITS RETEST RETIES RETINE RETINT RINSES RIPENS RIPEST SEINER SEINES SEISER SEITEN SENSEI SEPTET SEREIN SEREST SERIES SERINE SERINS SESTET SETTER SIENTS SINTER SIREES SIRENS SISTER SITREP SITTEN SITTER SNEERS SNIPER SNIPES SNIRTS SPEERS SPEIRS SPEISE SPENSE SPERSE SPERST SPIERS SPINES SPINET SPIRES SPIRTS SPITES SPREES SPRENT SPRINT SPRITE SPRITS STEENS STEEPS STEERS STEINS STENTS STERES STERNS STINTS STIPES STIRES STIRPS STREET STRENE STREPS STRIPE STRIPS STRIPT TENETS TENSER TENSES TENTER TENTIE TERNES TESTER TESTES TESTIS TETRIS TINTER TITERS TITRES TREENS TRESTS TRIENE TRIENS TRINES TRIPES TRISTE TRITES TSETSE

5 letter words (180)

ENTER EPRIS ERNES ERSES ESNES ESTER ETENS ETTIN INEPT INERT INSET INTER NEEPS NEIST NEPER NEPIT NERTS NESTS NETES NETTS NISSE NITER NITES NITRE PEENS PEERS PEINS PEISE PENES PENIE PENTS PERES PERIS PERNS PERSE PERST PERTS PESTS PETER PETIT PETRE PETRI PETTI PIERS PIERT PIETS PINES PINTS PIRNS PISES PISTE PREEN PREES PRENT PRESE PRESS PREST PRIES PRINT PRISE PRISS REENS REEST REINS REIST RENTE RENTS REPIN RESES RESET RESIN RESIT RESTS RETIE RINES RINSE RIPEN RIPES RISEN RISES RISPS RITES RITTS SEEPS SEERS SEINE SEIRS SEISE SENES SENSE SENSI SENTE SENTI SENTS SEPTS SERES SERIN SETTS SIENS SIENT SINES SIPES SIREE SIREN SIRES SITES SNEER SNEES SNIES SNIPE SNIPS SNIRT SNITS SPEER SPEIR SPENT SPETS SPIER SPIES SPINE SPINS SPIRE SPIRT SPITE SPITS SPREE SPRIT STEEN STEEP STEER STEIN STENS STENT STEPS STEPT STERE STERN STETS STIES STINT STIPE STIRE STIRP STIRS STREP STRIP TEENS TEERS TEINS TENES TENET TENSE TENTS TERES TERNE TERNS TERSE TERTS TESTE TESTS TETES TETRI TIERS TINES TINTS TIRES TITER TITRE TREEN TREES TRESS TREST TRETS TRIES TRINE TRINS TRIPE TRIPS TRIST TRITE

4 letter words (136)

3 letter words (59)

EEN ENE ENS ERE ERN ERS ESS EST INS IRE ITS NEE NEP NET NIE NIP NIS NIT PEE PEN PER PES PET PIE PIN PIR PIS PIT PRE PSI PST REE REI REN REP RES RET RIN RIP RIT SEE SEI SEN SER SET SIN SIP SIR SIS SIT SRI TEE TEN TES TET TIE TIN TIP TIS

2 letter words (16)

EE EN ER ES ET IN IS IT NE PE PI RE SI ST TE TI

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