Unscramble ADVECTING to get 255 words. ADVECTING itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ADVECTING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with ADVECTING letters: VINTAGED, 13 points.
ADVECT, ADVICE and CAVING are the top 6-letter words from ADVECTING, 12 points each. ACTIVE, DATING and NATIVE will look familiar.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ADVECTING are led by CAVED and VICED, 11 points each. GIVEN, AGENT and DANCE are the familiar ones.
CAVE, CIVE and VICE are the top 4-letter words in ADVECTING, 9 points each. GIVE, GAVE and ACID will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with ADVECTING letters, VAC leads with 8 points, then DEV and DIV on 7. CAN, GET and END are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ADVECTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AD · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
ADVECTING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ADVECTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVECTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 202 | 255 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 255 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INCAVED, VEGANIC, VINTAGED, INCAVE, VADING, EAVING, GEDACT, GIVED, VINTED, CANDIE, CIVE, DIVNA and 41 more. 21 of the 255 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CNIDAE, DACITE, DECANI, CENTAI, CNIDA, DECAN, DEVI, VEGA, NIDATE, TAGINE, VID, CIG and 9 more.