Unscramble INITIATING to get 72 words. INITIATING itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TAINTING leads with 9 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from INITIATING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 10 with 5, 20 with 4, 24 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with INITIATING letters: TAINTING, for 9 points.
TINTING is the only one of the 7-letter words in INITIATING; it scores 8 points.
Keep every letter of INITIATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
INITIATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INITIATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INITIATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 53 | 72 | 49 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
19 of the 72 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GAITT, INGAN, NGATI, TANGI, GANT, GINN, INNIT, NANG, NGAI, TANTI, ING, NAIN and 7 more. 4 of the 72 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ATTING, ATIGI, TIAN and GI.