Unscramble DESIGNATING to get 381 words. DESIGNATING itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 12 points, DESIGNING, DIGESTING and DESTAINING among them. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DESIGNATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 11 with 9, 41 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
DESTAINING is the only one of the 10-letter words in DESIGNATING; it scores 12 points.
The 8-letter words from DESIGNATING are led by DAGGIEST and DEIGNING, 11 points each. STANDING, ANTIGENS and STAINING are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DESIGNATING tie at 10 points; none scores more. SENDING, EDITING and GADGETS will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from DESIGNATING, the top score is 9, reached by 9. DESIGN, DATING and AGENTS are the familiar ones.
GADGE, GAGED and IGGED share the top score of 8 among the 5-letter words in DESIGNATING. AGENT, DATES and GIANT are the ones most people know.
25 of 60 4-letter words made with DESIGNATING letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. DATE, EDIT and DIET will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DESIGNATING, the top score is 5, reached by 10. GET, END and AGE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DESIGNATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DESIGNING, DESTAINING and DIGESTING (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DESIGNATING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESIGNATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 381) | 299 | 381 | 269 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
82 of the 381 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NIDGETING, SDEIGNING, AGENISING, DAGGIEST, AGNISING, DESINING, DIETINGS, EDITINGS, GADGIES, GAININGS, INDIGEST, SDAINING and 70 more. 30 of the 381 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ANGSTING, NIDATING, ANGSTED, DANGEST, DATINGS, DININGS, GATINGS, SANIDINE, SATINING, IGGED, ATIGIS, TEGGS and 18 more.