366 words come out when you unscramble ESCALATING, starting with ESCALATING itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of ESCALATING is on the page: ANALGETICS, each 13 points. The best shorter words score 12: 7 of them, ANALGESIC, AGELASTIC and ANALGETIC included. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ESCALATING split into 2 with 10 letters, 11 with 9, 27 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
ESCALATING and 1 anagram, ANALGETICS, make up the 10-letter words made with ESCALATING letters; each scores 13 points.
27 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ESCALATING; 10 of them share the top score of 11. STEALING, ANGELICA and GENITALS are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words from ESCALATING, the top score is 10, reached by 20. CLIENTS, CASTING and ELASTIC are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ESCALATING; 12 of them share the top score of 9. CLIENT, CASTLE and ACTING are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from ESCALATING, the top score is 8, reached by 9. CLEAN, CENTS and CANAL are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words in ESCALATING tie at 7 points; none scores more. CASE, NICE and CAST will look familiar.
The 3-letter words made with ESCALATING letters are led by CAG and CIG, 6 points each. CAN, GET and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ESCALATING but one, change that one, and you get:
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What ESCALATING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ESCALATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESCALATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 366) | 295 | 366 | 266 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
71 of the 366 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGELASTIC, GELASTIC, SCLATING, ALGESIC, ALGETIC, ALICANTS, CANGLES, SALICETA, SCAGLIA, ALICANT, ANTICAL, ASTELIC and 59 more. 29 of the 366 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CATAGENS, CANISTEL, CATAGEN, CANTALS, TAGLINES, CANTAL, CENTAI, CENTAS, CLEGS, INCELS, ACAIS, CIGS and 17 more.