254 words come out when you unscramble ATTEMPTING, starting with ATTEMPTING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. TEMPTING is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ATTEMPTING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 15 with 7, 43 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 15 7-letter words made with ATTEMPTING letters, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. PATIENT, ATTEMPT and PIGMENT are the ones most people know.
43 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ATTEMPTING; 5 of them share the top score of 11. PATENT, EATING and MAGNET are everyday picks.
Among 49 5-letter words from ATTEMPTING, the top score is 9, reached by 4. IMAGE, AGENT and ANIME are the familiar ones.
GAMP and GIMP are the top 4-letter words in ATTEMPTING, 9 points each. PAGE, NAME and ITEM will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with ATTEMPTING letters, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. GET, MAP and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ATTEMPTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AT · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
ATTEMPTING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ATTEMPTING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTEMPTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 207 | 254 | 196 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
47 of the 254 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPTING, PIGMEAN, PIGMEAT, PIGMAN, PIGMEN, TAPETING, PIEMAN, PIMENT, APTING, NEMPT, PANIM, EMPT and 35 more. 11 of the 254 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AMPING, EMPING, ATTING, MEGA, PITTA, TAGINE, MANI, MEG, NEG, GI and TE.