207 words come out when you unscramble GRADATING, starting with GRADATING itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
G23R1A1D2A1T1I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GRADATING split into 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 7, 19 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
DAGGA tops the 5-letter words from GRADATING at 8 points; next come AGGRI and AGING on 7. AGAIN, GRAND and GRANT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRADATING, 17 score 6 points, the group's best. DATA, RING and GAIN are the ones most people know.
Among 51 3-letter words in GRADATING, the top score is 5, reached by 7. ART, AIR and AID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of GRADATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GR · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
GRADATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GRADATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRADATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 207) | 156 | 207 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
51 of the 207 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TARGING, ARGAND, INTRADA, AGGRI, AIDANT, DARGA, GITANA, INDART, NAGARI, TARAND, AGRIN, AINGA and 39 more. 14 of the 207 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GARDAI, GARDA, RAGGA, AGITA, RAGG, TANGA, TARGA, IGG, NAGA, RAITA, DAN, DA and 2 more.
This word takes every letter of GRADATING plus a single extra one.