Unscramble CERTIFICATING and you have 361 words, CERTIFICATING itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. 13 letters: 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CERTIFICATING by length: 1 with 13 letters, 8 with 9, 28 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 12, 11 or 10 letters.
Of the 28 8-letter words in CERTIFICATING, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. CREATING, CATERING and INTERACT are the ones most people know.
FACTICE tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CERTIFICATING at 14 points; next come FARCING on 13 and ACCINGE on 12. CERTAIN, FITTING and TITANIC will look familiar.
FACING scores highest among the 6-letter words from CERTIFICATING at 12 points, ahead of FARCIE and FARCIN on 11. CANCER, RACING and ACTING are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 5-letter words in CERTIFICATING tie at 10 points; none scores more. AFTER, GRACE and CRAFT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with CERTIFICATING letters, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. CARE, CART and GIFT are the ones most people know.
CAF tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CERTIFICATING at 8 points; next come FAG and FEG on 7. CAN, GET and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CERTIFICATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with CE · ending in NG · all 13-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FACETTING (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CERTIFICATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERTIFICATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 361) | 284 | 360 | 267 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FRACTING, ACCITING, ACCINGE, CANTREF, RECTITIC, CITRANGE, CREATIC, FAINTIER, FARCIN, FEATING, FIATING, FICAIN and 64 more, 76 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FACTICE, TICCING, FINCA, REGIFT, ATRETIC, TACRINE, CAF, CENTAI, IFTAR, TREFA, GIF, CIG and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.