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Words from letters PENCIL

From the letters PENCIL, you can form as many as 44 words - Check which ones

6 letter words:

  • pencil10

5 letter words:

  • clipe9
  • cline7
  • incle7
What words can be composed of letters PENCIL

4 letter words:

  • clip8
  • epic8
  • pice8
  • ceil6
  • ciel6
  • cine6
  • lice6
  • lipe6
  • nice6
  • pein6
  • peni6
  • pile6
  • pine6
  • plie6
  • lien4
  • line4

3 letter words:

  • cep7
  • pec7
  • pic7
  • cel5
  • ice5
  • lep5
  • lip5
  • nep5
  • nip5
  • pen5
  • pie5
  • pin5
  • lei3
  • lie3
  • lin3
  • nie3
  • nil3

2 letter words:

  • pe4
  • pi4
  • el2
  • en2
  • in2
  • li2
  • ne2

PENCIL - Questions and Answers (FAQ)

Word: PENCIL

Meaning: A pencil is a writing instrument that has a thin cylindrical graphite core encased in a wooden or plastic barrel. It is used for writing, drawing, or sketching.

Usage in Scrabble: In Scrabble, the word "PENCIL" can be a strategic play to utilize all the letters in the word and earn bonus points. Additionally, by placing it on a Double or Triple Letter/Word score tile, the word "PENCIL" can yield a high score due to the relatively high point value of the letters in the word.

What are the longest words that can be formed from the letters PENCIL?

The longest word that can be formed from the letters PENCIL is the word Pencil. Number of letters: 6.
The second longest word is the word Cline. Number of letters: 5.

What anagrams can be formed from the word PENCIL?

Unfortunately, in English, there is no word that is an anagram of the word Pencil.

How many points in Scrabble can we earn for the words formed from the letters P,E,N,C,I,L?

The highest-scoring word that can be formed from the letters PENCIL is the word Pencil. The number of points that can be earned for it is: 10.The second highest-scoring word is the word Clipe. The possible number of points is: 9.

How many letters does the word PENCIL have? How many vowels and consonants does it have?

Word Pencil - number of letters: 6. The word Pencil contains vowels. The number of vowels is: 2. The list of vowels present in this word is: E, I. The word Pencil contains consonants. The number of consonants is: 4. The list of consonants present in this word is: C, L, N, P.

How to properly pronounce the word PENCIL?


Letter Analysis - word PENCIL

The word PENCIL, after removing repeating characters, consists of the letters: C, E, I, L, N, P. Below, we will analyze each one of them.

The letter C in the word PENCIL

Words that start with the letter C
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 1 0,0
3 48 0,2
4 307 1,3
5 888 3,7
6 1756 7,3
7 2771 11,5
8 3578 14,8
9 3737 15,5
10 3344 13,9
11 2724 11,3
12 2069 8,6
13 1417 5,9
14 904 3,7
15 576 2,4
Words ending with the letter C
Number of letters The number of words [%]
3 25 0,4
4 39 0,6
5 124 2,1
6 291 4,8
7 465 7,7
8 749 12,5
9 874 14,6
10 985 16,4
11 945 15,7
12 704 11,7
13 422 7,0
14 248 4,1
15 133 2,2
Occurrences of the letter C in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter C The number of words [%]
0 183088 68,4
1 72018 26,9
2 11766 4,4
3 836 0,3
4 43 0,0

The letter E in the word PENCIL

Words that start with the letter E
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 12 0,1
3 58 0,5
4 158 1,4
5 288 2,6
6 673 6,1
7 1169 10,6
8 1638 14,9
9 1830 16,6
10 1677 15,2
11 1279 11,6
12 958 8,7
13 653 5,9
14 371 3,4
15 266 2,4
Words ending with the letter E
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 14 0,1
3 107 0,4
4 689 2,5
5 1477 5,4
6 2627 9,6
7 3501 12,8
8 4448 16,3
9 4844 17,7
10 3621 13,2
11 2594 9,5
12 1630 6,0
13 985 3,6
14 527 1,9
15 286 1,0
Occurrences of the letter E in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter E The number of words [%]
0 81615 30,5
1 114602 42,8
2 55768 20,8
3 13772 5,1
4 1842 0,7
5 152 0,1

The letter I in the word PENCIL

Words that start with the letter I
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 6 0,1
3 26 0,3
4 69 0,7
5 157 1,7
6 375 4,0
7 651 6,9
8 957 10,2
9 1232 13,1
10 1358 14,5
11 1341 14,3
12 1192 12,7
13 921 9,8
14 611 6,5
15 494 5,3
Words ending with the letter I
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 14 0,9
3 32 2,2
4 145 9,8
5 253 17,2
6 270 18,3
7 255 17,3
8 195 13,2
9 140 9,5
10 93 6,3
11 38 2,6
12 21 1,4
13 13 0,9
14 5 0,3
Occurrences of the letter I in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter I The number of words [%]
0 107284 40,1
1 111312 41,6
2 39717 14,8
3 8146 3,0
4 1170 0,4
5 113 0,0
6 9 0,0

The letter L in the word PENCIL

Words that start with the letter L
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 3 0,0
3 58 0,8
4 273 3,6
5 551 7,2
6 893 11,7
7 1141 14,9
8 1239 16,2
9 1100 14,4
10 842 11,0
11 656 8,6
12 407 5,3
13 223 2,9
14 167 2,2
15 83 1,1
Words ending with the letter L
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 2 0,0
3 37 0,4
4 251 3,0
5 465 5,5
6 805 9,6
7 971 11,6
8 1210 14,4
9 1076 12,8
10 952 11,3
11 858 10,2
12 683 8,1
13 547 6,5
14 330 3,9
15 214 2,5
Occurrences of the letter L in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter L The number of words [%]
0 162123 60,5
1 85451 31,9
2 18253 6,8
3 1788 0,7
4 136 0,1

The letter N in the word PENCIL

Words that start with the letter N
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 5 0,1
3 50 0,8
4 160 2,6
5 317 5,1
6 467 7,5
7 661 10,7
8 762 12,3
9 878 14,1
10 789 12,7
11 648 10,4
12 537 8,7
13 428 6,9
14 295 4,8
15 208 3,4
Words ending with the letter N
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 5 0,0
3 82 0,7
4 252 2,2
5 512 4,4
6 1196 10,2
7 1431 12,3
8 1552 13,3
9 1423 12,2
10 1164 10,0
11 1114 9,5
12 982 8,4
13 891 7,6
14 646 5,5
15 421 3,6
Occurrences of the letter N in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter N The number of words [%]
0 137492 51,4
1 100778 37,6
2 25878 9,7
3 3322 1,2
4 268 0,1
5 13 0,0

The letter P in the word PENCIL

Words that start with the letter P
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 4 0,0
3 74 0,3
4 341 1,5
5 821 3,5
6 1541 6,6
7 2524 10,8
8 3148 13,5
9 3467 14,8
10 3325 14,2
11 2797 12,0
12 2094 9,0
13 1510 6,5
14 1041 4,5
15 665 2,8
Words ending with the letter P
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 2 0,1
3 70 4,7
4 179 12,1
5 146 9,9
6 173 11,7
7 198 13,4
8 193 13,0
9 138 9,3
10 118 8,0
11 81 5,5
12 66 4,5
13 74 5,0
14 29 2,0
15 13 0,9
Occurrences of the letter P in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter P The number of words [%]
0 203032 75,8
1 56568 21,1
2 7741 2,9
3 404 0,2
4 6 0,0

The number of letters in the word PENCIL: 6

Below we present the statistics of the occurrence of other 6-letter words in English. Analysis by first and last letter

Compilation of 6-letter words, sorted by the first letter
The first letter in the word The number of words [%]
A 1187 5,4
B 1566 7,1
C 1756 7,9
D 1138 5,1
E 673 3,0
F 960 4,3
G 997 4,5
H 799 3,6
I 375 1,7
J 318 1,4
K 496 2,2
L 893 4,0
M 1193 5,4
N 467 2,1
O 488 2,2
P 1541 7,0
Q 126 0,6
R 1239 5,6
S 2664 12,0
T 1331 6,0
U 563 2,5
V 419 1,9
W 627 2,8
X 19 0,1
Y 177 0,8
Z 145 0,7
Summary of words with 6 letters, according to the letter they end with
The last letter in the word The number of words [%]
A 738 3,3
B 51 0,2
C 291 1,3
D 2482 11,2
E 2627 11,9
F 57 0,3
G 665 3,0
H 464 2,1
I 270 1,2
J 2 0,0
K 183 0,8
L 805 3,6
M 332 1,5
N 1196 5,4
O 319 1,4
P 173 0,8
R 1997 9,0
S 6360 28,7
T 1220 5,5
U 66 0,3
V 3 0,0
W 116 0,5
X 94 0,4
Y 1624 7,3
Z 22 0,1

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