Unscramble INSTRUCTION and you have 330 words, INSTRUCTION itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, INCURSION, STRICTION and TOURISTIC lead with 11 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from INSTRUCTION by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 7 with 9, 22 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
NUTRITIONS is the only one of the 10-letter words in INSTRUCTION; it scores 10 points.
15 of 22 8-letter words you get when you unscramble INSTRUCTION tie at 10 points; none scores more. INSTINCT, INSTRUCT and TINNITUS will look familiar.
39 7-letter words from INSTRUCTION; 21 of them share the top score of 9. TOURIST, TUITION and SUCTION are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words in INSTRUCTION, the top score is 8, reached by 38. COURTS, COUNTS and STRICT are the familiar ones.
56 of 60 5-letter words made with INSTRUCTION letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. COURT, COUNT and COINS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INSTRUCTION, 40 score 6 points, the group's best. COST, ICON and IRON are the ones most people know.
16 of 60 3-letter words from INSTRUCTION tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, OUT and ITS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INSTRUCTION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ON · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by TOURISTIC (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INSTRUCTION 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSTRUCTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 330) | 260 | 329 | 237 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 68 of them: CONTRIST, TUNICINS, CORNIST, INTROITUS, TIRONIC, TUNICIN, COTTUS, CROUTS, INCUTS, INUSTION, ONIRIC, SCRUNT and 56 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: STRICTION, CROSTINI, INTRONIC, UNIRONIC, ROUTINIST, CUNITS, TORICS, CRITS, CUNIT, ROTINIS, TURIONS, TURNONS and 12 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: CUNTS and CUNT. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: INROS.
With one more tile, the letters of INSTRUCTION spell the words below.