Jumble solved
Is COMPETENT a word? Yes.
COMPETENT is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 15 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 126 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 126
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (O, E, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (C, M, P, T, N, T).
competent in a sentence
“but is not competent to any finite being.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of COMPETENT
One word uses all 9 letters:
- competent
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
1 word found- contempt14
7-letter words
3 words found6-letter words
9 words found5-letter words
22 words found- compt11
+ 7 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
38 words found+ 23 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
37 words found+ 22 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
15 words foundWords hidden inside COMPETENT
Without moving a single letter, reading competent straight through uncovers 5 shorter words — compete, comp, tent, pet, ten. The longest unbroken run is compete.
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Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
7
Vowels
33%
O, E, E
Consonants
67%
C, M, P, T, N, T
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Solving COMPETENT: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters competent?
Rearranging the 9 letters in competent produces 126 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer competent here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does competent have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, competent rearranges into exactly one word: competent.
What is the longest word you can make from competent?
The longest solution is competent at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from competent?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: competent yields cee, cep, con, cop, cot, eco, eme, emo, eon and men. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "competent" used in a sentence?
Competent is itself a valid word. For example: "but is not competent to any finite being." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from competent scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, competent is the top scorer from competent at 15 points, followed by contempt (14), compete (13) and coempt (12). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside competent?
Read left to right without moving any letters and competent already contains 5 shorter words: compete, comp, tent, pet and ten. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is compete. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.