Unscramble CERTIFYING to get 258 words. CERTIFYING itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 19 points: RECTIFYING. 4 shorter words score 15, among them CERTIFY, RECTIFY and GENTRIFY. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CERTIFYING by length: 2 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 43 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 9 letters.
CERTIFYING and 1 anagram, RECTIFYING, make up the 10-letter words in CERTIFYING; each scores 19 points.
CITIFY scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CERTIFYING at 14 points, ahead of FEYING and FRINGY on 13. TRYING, FINGER and FINITE are the ones most people know.
7 of 57 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CERTIFYING tie at 11 points; none scores more. ENTRY, INTER and TIGER will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from CERTIFYING, FYCE leads with 12 points, then RYFE on 10 and CITY on 9. GIFT, FIRE and FINE are the familiar ones.
FEY and FRY are the top 3-letter words in CERTIFYING, 9 points each. GET, YET and NET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CERTIFYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What CERTIFYING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CERTIFYING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERTIFYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 195 | 257 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEYING, FREITY, CENTRY, GRYCE, RIFTY, CERTY, FECIT, RICEY, RYFE, TIGERY, TYEING, CYTE and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRINGEY, CRINGY, TREYF, REGIFT, GYNIE, TIYIN, GIF, RECIT, TIYN, TYIN, CERT, CIG and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.