Is COMMENCE a word?
COMMENCE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 34 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, COMMENCE is a valid word.
What does commence mean?
verb: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
“We began working at dawn”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
COMMENCE: word details
- Pronunciation: kuh-MEHNS (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 21 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside commence
Words you can make from the letters of commence.
Solve a whole rack, not just COMMENCE
COMMENCE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does COMMENCE mean?
COMMENCE is a verb. It means: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
Is COMMENCE a valid word?
Yes, COMMENCE is a valid word. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.