132 words come out when you unscramble INDUCTION, starting with INDUCTION itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 10 points, CONDUIT, DICTION and CONTUND among them. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INDUCTION by length: 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 7, 4 with 6, 24 with 5, 41 with 4, 36 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
7 of 41 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INDUCTION tie at 7 points; none scores more. UNIT, ICON and COIN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INDUCTION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CONDUIT, DICTION, DUNITIC and NOCTUID (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INDUCTION works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDUCTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 132) | 100 | 132 | 93 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONTUND, TUNICIN, DINIC, TONDINI, COND, DICT, DOCU, DOUC, INCUT, UNITION, CID, CITO and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CUNIT, DUNNO, DINO, DOUT, UDON, NONI, UNI and OI, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNT.
This word takes every letter of INDUCTION plus a single extra one.