Unscramble INVESTIGATION to get 443 words. INVESTIGATION itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. INVESTIGATION has 1 anagram here, TENOVAGINITIS, scoring 17 like INVESTIGATION itself. INSTIGATIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 13 letters split into 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from INVESTIGATION split into 2 with 13 letters, 4 with 11, 16 with 10, 31 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 12 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
The 13-letter words made with INVESTIGATION letters are 2: INVESTIGATION itself and 1 anagram, TENOVAGINITIS. Each scores 17 points.
INSTIGATIVE tops the 11-letter words in INVESTIGATION at 15 points; next come INVITATIONS on 14 and INSTIGATION on 12.
The 10-letter words you get when you unscramble INVESTIGATION are led by ESTIVATING and NEGATIVIST, 14 points each. INVITATION and VISITATION are the familiar ones.
Of the 31 9-letter words from INVESTIGATION, 7 score 13 points, the group's best. INVESTING, INGESTION and INITIATES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble INVESTIGATION, the top score is 12, reached by 11. VISITING, INVASION and IGNITION are the familiar ones.
21 of 60 7-letter words from INVESTIGATION tie at 11 points; none scores more. VINTAGE, INVITES and ANTIGEN will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words in INVESTIGATION, the top score is 10, reached by 12. AGENTS, VISION and NATIVE are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words made with INVESTIGATION letters; 12 of them share the top score of 9. VISIT, GIVEN and AGENT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INVESTIGATION, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. SAVE, GIVE and VOTE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from INVESTIGATION, the top score is 7, reached by 5. GET, GOT and AGE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INVESTIGATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ON · all 13-letter words
INVESTIGATION first, then short meanings for the 6 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. INVESTIGATION is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INVESTIGATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 443) | 336 | 442 | 309 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 106 of them: TENOVAGINITIS, EVANITIONS, EVITATING, EVITATIONS, INVITINGS, NONSTATIVE, VOISINAGE, EVANITION, EVITATION, NEGATIONIST, NIVATIONS, VENTINGS and 94 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: NOVATING, STOVING, NOVATES, GOATIEST, NOVATE, SATINING, STEVIA, VEGAS, GENISTA, GOETTAS, INNAGES, VEGA and 16 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: VON.
Each word below uses all the letters of INVESTIGATION and one more.