Unscramble ATTAINING and you have 102 words, ATTAINING itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1T1T1A1I1N12I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ATTAINING split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 19 with 5, 29 with 4, 27 with 3 and 11 with 2.
TAINTING is the only one of the 8-letter words made with ATTAINING letters; it scores 9 points.
Of the 29 4-letter words made with ATTAINING letters, 13 score 5 points, the group's best. ANTI, GAIN and TANG are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ATTAINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AT · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of ATTAINING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ATTAINING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 102) | 71 | 102 | 64 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
31 of the 102 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GITANA, INANGA, AINGA, GAITA, GAITT, INGAN, NAIANT, NGANA, NGATI, TANGI, AIGA, ANNAT and 19 more. 7 of the 102 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ATTING, AGITA, ATIGI, TANGA, NAGA, TIAN and GI.
These 3 words take every letter of ATTAINING plus a single extra one.