Unscramble COMPTROLLING and you have 343 words, COMPTROLLING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COMPORTING leads with 17 points. The 12 letters split into 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from COMPTROLLING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 10, 2 with 9, 21 with 8, 57 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 11 letters.
COMPORTING tops the 10-letter words in COMPTROLLING at 17 points; next comes TROLLOPING on 13.
Among the 8-letter words from COMPTROLLING, CLOMPING and COMPTING tie for first at 15 points. MOTORING, COLORING and TROLLING are everyday picks.
COMPING scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPTROLLING at 14 points, ahead of COMPLIN and COMPLOT on 13. CONTROL, MONITOR and PORTION are the ones most people know.
The best of the 6-letter words made with COMPTROLLING letters is COMPOT, 12 points; COMING and COPING on 11 follow. OPTION, MOTION and IMPORT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPTROLLING, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. TOPIC, COLOR and MOTOR are the ones most people know.
COMP tops the 4-letter words from COMPTROLLING at 10 points; next come GIMP on 9 and CLIP on 8. COOL, ICON and CROP will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in COMPTROLLING, 7 score 7 points, the group's best. TOP, PRO and PIC are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COMPTROLLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COMPORTING (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COMPTROLLING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPTROLLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 343) | 260 | 341 | 236 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 82 of them: COMPTROLLING, COMPTROLL, COMPRINT, TROLLOPING, COMPOT, COOMING, CORNMILL, CROMING, MOOPING, CROOLING, MORTLING, PICONG and 70 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: PROMOING, OPTRONIC, IMPRO, LOCING, MONIC, POOING, ROOTLING, COPI, GLOOP, POMO, PONGO, GORM and 12 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: MONGOL. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: CRIP.