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Unscramble PENTAMETER — 266 words
The letters PENTAMETER rearrange into 1 full anagram and 266 words in total.
- Total words
- 266
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, A, E, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (P, N, T, M, T, R).
pentameter in a sentence
“The elegiac distich consists of the hexameter followed by the pentameter.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of PENTAMETER
One word uses all 10 letters:
- pentameter
10-letter words
1 word found- pentameter14
9-letter words
2 words found- penetrate11
- temperate13
8-letter words
4 words found- attemper12
- patentee10
- permeant12
- permeate12
7-letter words
11 words found- entreat7
- pattern9
- premeet11
- prename11
- preteen9
- ratteen7
- reptant9
- tempera11
- tempter11
- ternate7
- terpene9
6-letter words
46 words found- ampere10
- apemen10
- metepa10
- preman10
- premen10
- tamper10
- temper10
- arpent8
- enrapt8
- entrap8
- epater8
- marten8
- matter8
- meaner8
- meeter8
+ 31 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
51 words found- remap9
- tempt9
- tramp9
- ameer7
- ament7
- apter7
- armet7
- arpen7
- emeer7
- enema7
- etape7
- mater7
- matte7
- meant7
- menta7
+ 36 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
77 words found- perm8
- pram8
- ramp8
- tamp8
- temp8
- amen6
- aper6
- epee6
- mane6
- mare6
- mart6
- mate6
- matt6
- mean6
- meat6
+ 62 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
56 words found- amp7
- map7
- pam7
- ape5
- apt5
- arm5
- eme5
- mae5
- man5
- mar5
- mat5
- men5
- met5
- nam5
- nap5
+ 41 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
18 words found- am4
- em4
- ma4
- me4
- pa4
- pe4
- ae2
- an2
- ar2
- at2
- en2
- er2
- et2
- na2
- ne2
+ 3 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside PENTAMETER
Without moving a single letter, reading pentameter straight through uncovers 7 shorter words — meter, mete, pent, tame, met, pen, and more. The longest unbroken run is meter.
- meter7
- mete6
- pent6
- tame6
- met5
- pen5
- tam5
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Shorter words inside PENTAMETER — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to PENTAMETER
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and pentameter opens up 3 11-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- pentameter14
- temperate13
- attemper12
- permeant12
- permeate12
- penetrate11
- premeet11
- prename11
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
10
Distinct
7
Vowels
40%
E, A, E, E
Consonants
60%
P, N, T, M, T, R
Solving PENTAMETER: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters pentameter?
Rearranging the 10 letters in pentameter produces 266 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 10-letter answer pentameter here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does pentameter have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, pentameter rearranges into exactly one word: pentameter.
What is the longest word you can make from pentameter?
The longest solution is pentameter at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from pentameter?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: pentameter yields amp, ane, ant, ape, apt, are, arm, art, ate and att. 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 "pentameter" used in a sentence?
Pentameter is itself a valid word. For example: "The elegiac distich consists of the hexameter followed by the pentameter." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from pentameter scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, pentameter is the top scorer from pentameter at 14 points, followed by temperate (13), attemper (12) and permeant (12). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside pentameter?
Read left to right without moving any letters and pentameter already contains 7 shorter words: meter, mete, pent, tame, met and pen (plus 1 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is meter. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.