Unscramble INSTIGATING to get 220 words. INSTIGATING itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
I1N12S1T1I1G23A1T1I1N12G23
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from INSTIGATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 14 with 8, 21 with 7, 24 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in INSTIGATING: INSTATING, for 10 points.
Among 21 7-letter words from INSTIGATING, the top score is 9, reached by 11. INSTANT, SITTING and SINGING are the familiar ones.
AGINGS and GATING are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INSTIGATING, 8 points each. TITANS, GIANTS and SITING will look familiar.
Among 39 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INSTIGATING, the top score is 7, reached by 4. SAINT, GIANT and AGING are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from INSTIGATING, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. SIGN, ANTI and TAGS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of INSTIGATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IN · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AGISTING, ANGSTING, IGNITING, INSTATING, STANGING and STINGING (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INSTIGATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSTIGATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 220) | 171 | 220 | 151 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: AGNISING, GAININGS, GANTING, GAITTS, GINGS, INGANS, NGATIS, SINING, TANGIS, TITANIS, GAITT, GANTS and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: ANGSTING, GATINGS, GITTING, SATINING, ATIGIS, ATTING, TASING, ATIGI, IGGS, SIGNA, STATIN, IGG and 8 more.