435 words come out when you unscramble ASCERTAINING, starting with ASCERTAINING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ASCERTAINING split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 9 with 10, 39 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
CANISTERING is the only one of the 11-letter words made with ASCERTAINING letters; it scores 14 points.
Among 9 10-letter words in ASCERTAINING, the top score is 13, reached by 4. INCREASING is the familiar one.
15 of 39 9-letter words from ASCERTAINING tie at 12 points; none scores more. RETAINING, INSERTING and ASCERTAIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ASCERTAINING, 37 score 11 points, the group's best. CREATING, CATERING and CANISTER are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from ASCERTAINING; 35 of them share the top score of 10. ANCIENT, CASTING and TRACING are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words in ASCERTAINING, 23 score 9 points, the group's best. RACING, ACTING and CARING are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with ASCERTAINING letters; 12 of them share the top score of 8. GRACE, ACRES and CENTS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ASCERTAINING, the top score is 7, reached by 6. CASE, CARE and CART are the familiar ones.
CAG and CIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words from ASCERTAINING. ARE, CAN and GET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ASCERTAINING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with AS · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
The meaning of ASCERTAINING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ASCERTAINING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCERTAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 435) | 347 | 435 | 317 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANISTERING, CANAIGRES, CITRANGES, ENTICINGS, GARCINIAS, INSECTARIA, NIGRICANT, SAGENITIC, ANTISCIAN, CAGANERS, CAIRNIEST, CANAIGRE and 76 more, 88 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CATERINGS, CRINGIEST, STAGNANCE, CATAGENS, CRINGEST, ANTIACNE, ARANCINI, ARCINGS, CANINGS, CARINGS, CARNITAS, CATAGEN and 18 more, 30 in all.