Unscramble BEPATTING and you have 217 words, BEPATTING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ABETTING, BEPAINT and TAPETING, 11 points each. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BEPATTING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 22 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Of the 22 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BEPATTING, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. PATENT, EATING and PANTIE are the ones most people know.
BEPAT tops the 5-letter words from BEPATTING at 9 points; next come APING and BAGIE on 8. BEING, AGENT and BEGIN will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BEPATTING, PEBA leads with 8 points, then BANG and BIGA on 7. PAGE, PAIN and GAIN are the familiar ones.
BAP tops the 3-letter words from BEPATTING at 7 points; next come BAG and BEG on 6. GET, BIG and AGE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BEPATTING for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ABETTING and BEPAINT (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BEPATTING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEPATTING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 176 | 216 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEPATTING, TAPETING, APTING, BEPAT, BETING, TABINET, BAGIE, BENGA, BIGAE, PEBA, PITTEN, TAPETI and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ATTING, BING, PITTA, TAGINE, BAE, GEAN, NEG, GI and TE, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.