393 words come out when you unscramble ALTERCATING, starting with ALTERCATING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALTERCATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 11 with 9, 55 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Every one of the 2 10-letter words made with ALTERCATING letters scores 13.
17 of 55 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERCATING tie at 11 points; none scores more. CREATING, RELATING and CATERING will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from ALTERCATING, 26 score 10 points, the group's best. ARTICLE, CENTRAL and CERTAIN are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALTERCATING, the top score is 9, reached by 15. CLIENT, RACING and ACTING are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 5-letter words from ALTERCATING tie at 8 points; none scores more. CLEAR, CLEAN and GRACE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in ALTERCATING, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. CARE, CART and NICE are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with ALTERCATING letters are led by CAG and CIG, 6 points each. ARE, CAN and GET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ALTERCATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with AL · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
ALTERCATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ALTERCATING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTERCATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 393) | 319 | 393 | 295 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLARETING, TREACLING, CANAIGRE, CITRANGE, CLARTING, CLATTING, TRACTING, ALGETIC, CAGANER, CRANAGE, GRATINATE, GRECIAN and 62 more, 74 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LACERTIAN, NECTARIAL, TETANICAL, CATAGEN, ATRETIC, ATTAGIRL, CLITTER, TACRINE, CANTAL, CENTAI, CLEG, INCEL and 12 more, 24 in all.