Unscramble ILLUSTRATING to get 400 words. ILLUSTRATING itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. TRILINGUAL, LUSTRATING and TRIALLINGS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ILLUSTRATING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 10, 16 with 9, 55 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 11 letters.
All 3 of the 10-letter words made with ILLUSTRATING letters score 11 points.
14 of 16 9-letter words in ILLUSTRATING tie at 10 points; none scores more. GUITARIST and STARTLING will look familiar.
Of the 55 8-letter words from ILLUSTRATING, 42 score 9 points, the group's best. STARTING, SINGULAR and TRAILING are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUSTRATING scores 8. LISTING, RATINGS and SITTING are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from ILLUSTRATING score 7 points. RATING, GUITAR and GRATIS are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words in ILLUSTRATING come to 60, each scoring 6 points. GIRLS, GRANT and GIANT are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with ILLUSTRATING letters score 5 points. GIRL, GAIN and GUNS are the ones most people know.
32 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUSTRATING tie at 4 points; none scores more. ALL, ITS and ART will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ILLUSTRATING for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with IL · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LUSTRATING (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ILLUSTRATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUSTRATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 400) | 295 | 400 | 271 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRIALLINGS, ATTIRINGS, LITTLINGS, STRAITING, TRILLINGS, GLAIRINS, LINGULAS, LITTLING, RATLINGS, RATTINGS, RUTTINGS, SLARTING and 93 more, 105 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TRIALLING, LINGUISA, LINGULAR, TRIALING, ARTIGIS, LINGULA, RAINSUIT, SILURIAN, TRIALIST, ARTIGI, ATIGIS, ATTING and 12 more, 24 in all.