Unscramble INTERSECTIONAL and you have 577 words, INTERSECTIONAL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 15 points, ACETONITRILES, ANTIELECTRONS and ELECTRISATION among them. The 14 letters split into 6 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INTERSECTIONAL by length: 1 with 14 letters, 4 with 13, 16 with 12, 39 with 11, 60 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
The 13-letter words made with INTERSECTIONAL letters come to 4, each scoring 15 points.
14 of 16 12-letter words in INTERSECTIONAL tie at 14 points; none scores more. INTERACTIONS and INTERSECTION will look familiar.
Of the 39 11-letter words from INTERSECTIONAL, 28 score 13 points, the group's best. INTERACTION and INTOLERANCE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 10-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERSECTIONAL scores 12. CONTAINERS, CONSTRAINT and ATROCITIES are everyday picks.
The 9-letter words from INTERSECTIONAL come to 60, each scoring 11 points. CONTAINER, CITATIONS and COASTLINE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 8-letter words in INTERSECTIONAL score 10 points. ARTICLES, ARTISTIC and CALORIES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words made with INTERSECTIONAL letters scores 9. ARTICLE, ACTIONS and ANCIENT are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERSECTIONAL score 8 points. ACTION, CASINO and CASTLE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from INTERSECTIONAL scores 7. CANON, ACTOR and ACRES are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in INTERSECTIONAL come to 60, each scoring 6 points. CASE, CARE and CART are the familiar ones.
31 of 60 3-letter words made with INTERSECTIONAL letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, CAN and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INTERSECTIONAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 14-letter words: starting with IN · ending in AL · all 14-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ACETONITRILES (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INTERSECTIONAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERSECTIONAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 577) | 444 | 576 | 397 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 133 of them: ELECTRISATION, LECTISTERNIA, RECLINATIONS, TRANSILIENCE, CINERATIONS, CRINOLETTES, LATROCINIES, NEOTERICALS, REACTIONIST, RECLINATION, RESECTIONAL, SANCTIONEER and 121 more. Words With Friends* skips 47 of them: CENTILITRES, ACONITINES, CATLINITES, CENTILITRE, CLARIONETS, ENCRINITES, INCRETIONS, LACERTINES, NICTATIONS, ACONITINE, ACTIONERS, AEROLITIC and 35 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: ALNICOES.
With one more tile, the letters of INTERSECTIONAL spell the words below.