Unscramble INTERFOLIATING to get 496 words. INTERFOLIATING itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. INFILTRATING is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 14 letters: 6 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Counting the words from INTERFOLIATING by length: 1 with 14 letters, 4 with 12, 10 with 11, 23 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2. None has 13 letters.
The best of the 12-letter words made with INTERFOLIATING letters is INFILTRATING, 16 points; INFILTRATION on 15 and ANTIRELIGION on 13 follow.
Of the 10 11-letter words in INTERFOLIATING, 4 score 15 points, the group's best. INTEGRATION is the one most people know.
23 10-letter words from INTERFOLIATING; 7 of them share the top score of 14. LITIGATION, FILTRATION and FLATTERING are everyday picks.
11 of 60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERFOLIATING tie at 13 points; none scores more. FILTERING, INFLATION and RETAILING will look familiar.
60 8-letter words made with INTERFOLIATING letters; 23 of them share the top score of 12. FLOATING, INFINITE and IGNITION are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERFOLIATING, the top score is 11, reached by 48. FOREIGN, FITTING and FAILING are the familiar ones.
22 of 60 6-letter words from INTERFOLIATING tie at 10 points; none scores more. FILTER, FORGET and FILING will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in INTERFOLIATING, 19 score 9 points, the group's best. AFTER, FINAL and FLOAT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with INTERFOLIATING letters; 11 of them share the top score of 8. FILE, GIFT and GOLF are everyday picks.
5 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERFOLIATING tie at 7 points; none scores more. GET, GOT and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INTERFOLIATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 14-letter words: starting with IN · ending in NG · all 14-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with INFILTRATION and REINFLATING (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
INTERFOLIATING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the Words With Friends list leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERFOLIATING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 496) | 394 | 495 | 373 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
101 of the 496 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INTERFOLIATING, FERTIGATION, FILIGRAIN, FILIGRANE, FORTILAGE, INFINITATE, NITROGELATIN, ENFIRING, FONTANGE, GENTILITIAN, ENTRAILING, FAGOTTI and 89 more. 22 of the 496 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ANTILIFER, ANTIFOG, FAGOTER, FANGIRL, FENINGA, FROGLET, RETOTALING, FENING, INTEGRANT, REFLAG, REGIFT, FAGIN and 10 more. 1 of the 496 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: FI.