Unscramble CLIMATING and you have 212 words, CLIMATING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. CLAIMING, MALICING and MICATING are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CLIMATING split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 27 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 16 with 2.
The best of the 6-letter words from CLIMATING is MACING, 11 points; AMINIC and LIMNIC on 10 follow. ACTING, TIMING and ITALIC are everyday picks.
GAMIC and MAGIC are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLIMATING, 10 points each. CLAIM, LIMIT and GIANT will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from CLIMATING; 4 of them share the top score of 8. MAIL, MAIN and ANTI are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in CLIMATING are led by CAM, MAC and MIC, 7 points each. CAN, MAN and ACT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of CLIMATING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLAIMING (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts CLIMATING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIMATING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 212) | 177 | 212 | 166 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
35 of the 212 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLIMATING, MALICING, MICATING, ALGINIC, TICING, TIGLIC, CANG, CITAL, CLINT, ICTAL, LITING, MANG and 23 more. 11 of the 212 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MILING, CAMI, GLAM, MIC, ATIGI, CIG, CLIT, MANI, CAL, TIAN and GI.
This word takes every letter of CLIMATING plus a single extra one.