Unscramble IRRITATING to get 136 words. IRRITATING itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from IRRITATING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 14 with 6, 21 with 5, 46 with 4, 34 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 9 letters.
23 of 46 4-letter words made with IRRITATING letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ANTI, RING and GAIN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of IRRITATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IR · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
IRRITATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept IRRITATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRRITATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 100 | 136 | 93 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 136 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RAITING, RITTING, TIRRING, NIGIRI, RAGINI, AGRIN, GAITT, NGATI, RANGI, TANGI, TIRITI, TIRRIT and 24 more. 7 of the 136 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ARTIGI, ATTING, ATIGI, GRR, TIAN, GI and RAI.