Unscramble BESTAINING to get 341 words. BESTAINING itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. BESTAINING has 1 anagram here, BESAINTING, scoring 13 like BESTAINING itself. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BESTAINING split into 2 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 15 with 8, 58 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
The 10-letter words made with BESTAINING letters are 2: BESTAINING itself and 1 anagram, BESAINTING. Each scores 13 points.
ABSENTING is the only one of the 9-letter words in BESTAINING; it scores 12 points.
Among 15 8-letter words you get when you unscramble BESTAINING, the top score is 11, reached by 6. ANTIGENS and STAINING are the familiar ones.
58 7-letter words from BESTAINING; 13 of them share the top score of 10. SEATING, BEATING and ANTIGEN are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words made with BESTAINING letters, the top score is 9, reached by 14. AGENTS, BEGINS and EATING are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BESTAINING tie at 8 points; none scores more. BEING, AGENT and BEGIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from BESTAINING, 9 score 7 points, the group's best. BEST, BASE and GAIN are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 3-letter words in BESTAINING tie at 6 points; none scores more. GET, BIG and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BESTAINING but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ABSENTING (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BESTAINING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESTAINING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 341) | 259 | 339 | 236 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 82 of them: BESAINTING, BESTAINING, BAITINGS, BANTINGS, BEASTING, BAINITES, BANTING, BEINING, BINGIES, BITINGS, BAGIES, BAININS and 70 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: SATINING, GENISTA, INNAGES, TAGINES, ATIGIS, BING, INNAGE, STINGE, TAGINE, TASING, ATIGI, BAES and 11 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: BINTS and BINT.
These 2 words take every letter of BESTAINING plus a single extra one.