Unscramble FERMENTING to get 287 words. FERMENTING itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FIGMENT leads with 13 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FERMENTING split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 31 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 9 letters.
FIGMENT tops the 7-letter words made with FERMENTING letters at 13 points; next come FEMITER and FERMENT on 12. MEETING, INTEGER and RENTING will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FERMENTING, FENMEN and FREMIT tie for first at 11 points. ENGINE, ENTIRE and FINGER are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from FERMENTING are led by FERMI and METIF, 10 points each. ENTER, GREEN and METER are the familiar ones.
FEME, FERM and FIRM share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words in FERMENTING. FREE, TIME and ITEM are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with FERMENTING letters, EMF and FEM tie for first at 8 points. GET, MEN and NET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FERMENTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with FE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What FERMENTING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FERMENTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERMENTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 203 | 285 | 186 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
82 of the 287 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEMITER, FEERING, FENMEN, FERNING, FREMIT, FEINTER, MEERING, METIF, RINGMEN, ENFIRE, FEERIN, FERM and 70 more. 18 of the 287 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FIGTREE, FENING, FENNIER, GIFTEE, REGIFT, EMERG, FIREE, GIF, MEG, NIENTE, REGIE, TENGE and 6 more. 1 of the 287 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMF. 1 of the 287 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.