Unscramble INTERCEPTING and you have 368 words, INTERCEPTING itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
I1N12T1E1R1C34E1P34T1I1N12G23
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from INTERCEPTING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 10, 15 with 9, 36 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 11 letters.
The 10-letter words in INTERCEPTING come to 3, each scoring 15 points.
15 9-letter words made with INTERCEPTING letters; 5 of them share the top score of 14. RECIPIENT, PERTINENT and INTERCEPT are everyday picks.
Of the 36 8-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERCEPTING, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. INTERNET, PRINTING and ENTERING are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 7-letter words from INTERCEPTING tie at 12 points; none scores more. PERCENT, PRICING and GENERIC will look familiar.
60 6-letter words made with INTERCEPTING letters; 15 of them share the top score of 10. CENTER, RECENT and CENTRE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERCEPTING, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. PRICE, PRINT and GREEN are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 4-letter words from INTERCEPTING tie at 8 points; none scores more. NICE, TRIP and GENE will look familiar.
The 3-letter words in INTERCEPTING are led by CEP, PEC and PIC, 7 points each. GET, NET and INN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INTERCEPTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with IN · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PRECENTING, PRENTICING and RECEIPTING (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INTERCEPTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERCEPTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 273 | 367 | 252 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
95 of the 368 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEINCTING, PENTICING, PIECENING, PINCERING, PRINCING, CENTREING, PECTINEI, PERCING, PITTERING, EPICIER, PENTICE, PERCINE and 83 more. 20 of the 368 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ENCRINITE, TRICEP, INEPTER, INTEGRIN, RETIEING, RINGETTE, INCENT, INTERNET, PERC, PERITI, RECIT, CERT and 8 more. 1 of the 368 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP.