265 words come out when you unscramble FORMATING, starting with FORMATING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from FORMATING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 18 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in FORMATING: NATIFORM, for 13 points.
5 of 18 7-letter words made with FORMATING letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. FARMING, FORMING and FRAMING will look familiar.
FAMING, FOGMAN and FOGRAM share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMATING. RATING, FORMAT and INFORM are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from FORMATING are led by FORAM, FRAIM and MOTIF, 10 points each. FRONT, GRANT and MINOR are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMATING tie at 9 points; none scores more. INFO, FORM and MAIN will look familiar.
FAM scores highest among the 3-letter words from FORMATING at 8 points, ahead of FAG and FIG on 7. MAN, GOT and MAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FORMATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FARMING, FOAMING, FORMING and FROGMAN (13 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FORMATING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMATING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 215 | 264 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORMATING, NATIFORM, FOGMAN, FOGRAM, FORTING, FRAIM, FRIGOT, FROING, AFRONT, FAITOR, FANGO, INGRAM and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ANTIFOG, FAM, IFTAR, AFRO, AMNIO, AMRIT, GIF, GORM, MARG, RAMIN, MANI, MOI and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of FORMATING spell the words below.