Unscramble CRIMINATING and you have 266 words, CRIMINATING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CRIMINATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 8 with 8, 28 with 7, 47 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 10 letters.
CRIMING and MINCING share the top score of 12 among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CRIMINATING. TRACING, MARTINI and MIGRANT are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words from CRIMINATING, MACING leads with 11 points, then AMINIC and ARCMIN on 10. RATING, RACING and ACTING are the familiar ones.
GAMIC and MAGIC are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CRIMINATING, 10 points each. GRANT, TRAIN and GIANT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from CRIMINATING, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. MAIN, CART and RING are the ones most people know.
CAM, MAC and MIC are the top 3-letter words in CRIMINATING, 7 points each. CAN, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CRIMINATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CR · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MANNITIC and MINCING (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CRIMINATING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIMINATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 210 | 266 | 194 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: MICATING, CRIMING, INMIGRANT, MINIATING, NIGRICANT, CRIMINA, ARCMIN, CRINING, MAINING, RANCING, RINGMAN, CIMAR and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: CRIMINI, MATRIC, CAMI, AMRIT, ARTIGI, MARG, MIC, MIRIN, RAMIN, ATIGI, CIG, CRIA and 4 more.