Unscramble FOUNTAINING to get 249 words. FOUNTAINING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FOUNTAINING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 4 with 8, 20 with 7, 32 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among 20 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FOUNTAINING, the top score is 11, reached by 9. TANNING, UNITING and FANNING are the familiar ones.
4 of 32 6-letter words from FOUNTAINING tie at 10 points; none scores more. NATION, INFANT and TUNING will look familiar.
Of the 44 5-letter words made with FOUNTAINING letters, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. UNION, GIANT and TANGO are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FOUNTAINING; 5 of them share the top score of 8. INFO, GIFT and AUTO are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from FOUNTAINING, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. NOT, OUT and GOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FOUNTAINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with FO · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
FOUNTAINING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. FOUNTAINING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOUNTAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 186 | 248 | 171 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FAINING, FAUTING, FIATING, FONNING, FINGAN, FANGO, FIAUNT, NOINTING, FIGO, FITNA, FOUAT, FUNG and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ANTIFOG, FINITO, FINNAN, FINNA, GIF, TIGNON, ATIGI, GONNA, TAUON, NANO, NONI, NUG and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.