Unscramble FINGERPAINTED and you have 458 words, FINGERPAINTED itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. PREDEFINING is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from FINGERPAINTED split into 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 11, 12 with 10, 49 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2. None has 12 letters.
PREDEFINING scores highest among the 11-letter words in FINGERPAINTED at 18 points, ahead of FINGERPAINT on 17.
Among the 10-letter words made with FINGERPAINTED letters, FEDERATING, GENTRIFIED and REDEFINING tie for first at 15 points. INGREDIENT, PERTAINING and PRETENDING are everyday picks.
Among the 9-letter words from FINGERPAINTED, PREFADING leads with 16 points, then FINGERTIP and PENFRIEND on 15. PARENTING, RETAINING and REPEATING are the familiar ones.
Among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble FINGERPAINTED, DRIFTPIN, PANFRIED and PFENNIGE tie for first at 14 points. PRINTING, PAINTING and PREGNANT are everyday picks.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FINGERPAINTED, PIGFEED leads with 14 points, then FRAPING and PERFING on 13. FINDING, PENDING and FEEDING are the familiar ones.
FRAPED tops the 6-letter words from FINGERPAINTED at 12 points; next come DEFANG and DEFRAG on 11. FRIEND, DEFINE and FINDER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in FINGERPAINTED, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. AFTER, DRAFT and FIRED are the ones most people know.
FRAP tops the 4-letter words made with FINGERPAINTED letters at 9 points; next come DAFT and DEAF on 8. PAGE, FREE and FIND will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FINGERPAINTED is FAP, 8 points; DEF and DIF on 7 follow. FAR, FEE and FAT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of FINGERPAINTED for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 13-letter words: starting with FI · ending in ED · all 13-letter words
What FINGERPAINTED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FINGERPAINTED is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINGERPAINTED itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 458) | 362 | 455 | 333 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FIDGETIER, INTERPAGED, PIGFEED, PIGNERATED, FINEERING, FRAPING, PERFING, ENFIRING, FANDING, FRAPED, FREDAINE, INFANTEER and 83 more, 95 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PENFRIEND, FEEDGRAIN, REGIFTED, EPATERING, FIREPIT, PANNIERED, DEFRAG, FENINGA, FIGTREE, FREEGAN, DIGERATI, FADEIN and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FINGERPAINTED and FINGERPAINT, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.