94 words come out when you unscramble MINIATING, starting with MINIATING itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MINTING and MAINING lead with 10 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from MINIATING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 10 with 5, 26 with 4, 32 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of MINIATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MINTING (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: MINIATING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINIATING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 94) | 72 | 94 | 68 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
22 of the 94 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MINIATING, MAINING, MANG, MING, TAMIN, INGAN, NGATI, TANGI, GANT, GINN, INNIT, MNA and 10 more. 4 of the 94 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ATIGI, MANI, TIAN and GI.
These 2 words take every letter of MINIATING plus a single extra one.