Unscramble ALLOCATING and you have 293 words, ALLOCATING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ALLOCATING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 7 with 8, 29 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Among 29 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLOCATING, the top score is 10, reached by 14. CATALOG, CALLING and LOGICAL are the familiar ones.
9 of 53 6-letter words from ALLOCATING tie at 9 points; none scores more. ACTION, ACTING and ANALOG will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in ALLOCATING, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. LOCAL, AGAIN and ALONG are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with ALLOCATING letters, CANG, CLAG and CLOG tie for first at 7 points. CALL, GOAL and ICON are everyday picks.
CAG, CIG and COG are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLOCATING, 6 points each. NOT, ALL and CAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALLOCATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AL · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What ALLOCATING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ALLOCATING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLOCATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 293) | 235 | 293 | 215 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
58 of the 293 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COLLING, COLTING, ALICANT, ANGICO, ANTICAL, CAAING, CALIGO, GALTONIA, ATOCIA, CAGOT, COAITA, ACTON and 46 more. 20 of the 293 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COTINGA, GALLICA, ALTCOIN, LOCING, CANTAL, COLTAN, LAOGAI, TACAN, ACAI, AGITA, ANGLO, ATONIA and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALLOCATING and one more.