Unscramble IMPURPLING and you have 190 words, IMPURPLING itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from IMPURPLING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 13 with 7, 24 with 6, 25 with 5, 57 with 4, 49 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 9 letters.
24 6-letter words from IMPURPLING; 5 of them share the top score of 11. RULING, PIPING and PILING are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPURPLING are led by PLUMP and PRIMP, 11 points each. PUPIL and LUPIN are the familiar ones.
PIMP and PUMP are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPURPLING, 10 points each. GIRL, RING and MINI will look familiar.
Of the 49 3-letter words from IMPURPLING, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. RUN, PIN and GUN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of IMPURPLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IM · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PLUMPING and PRIMPING (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IMPURPLING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPURPLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 148 | 189 | 139 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: IMPURPLING, RUMPING, GUIMP, MURLING, GUMP, INGRUM, LIGNUM, PILUM, PIPUL, PURING, MURLIN, PIPI and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: MILING, URPING, MIRIN, MUNG, URP, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: UGLI.