240 words come out when you unscramble LANCINATING, starting with LANCINATING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ANTICLING and INCANTING, 12 points each. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from LANCINATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 25 with 7, 35 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 25 7-letter words you get when you unscramble LANCINATING, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. TANNING and CANNING are the ones most people know.
35 6-letter words from LANCINATING; 7 of them share the top score of 9. ACTING, ITALIC and LINING are everyday picks.
Among 52 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LANCINATING, the top score is 8, reached by 4. AGAIN, GIANT and CANAL are the familiar ones.
CANG and CLAG are the top 4-letter words from LANCINATING, 7 points each. ANTI, GAIN and TAIL will look familiar.
CAG and CIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in LANCINATING. CAN, ACT and INN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LANCINATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with LA · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ANTICLING and INCANTING (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LANCINATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANCINATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 183 | 240 | 167 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: CANTLING, ALGINIC, ALICANT, ANCILIA, ANTICAL, CAAING, LACINIA, TICING, TIGLIC, LINNING, TANLING, CANG and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: CANTAL, LINTING, LIGNAN, TACAN, ACAI, AGITA, ATIGI, CIG, CLIT, LATINA, TANGA, CAL and 4 more.