Unscramble OCCUPATION and you have 248 words, OCCUPATION itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OCCUPATION by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 14 with 7, 29 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
29 6-letter words from OCCUPATION; 17 of them share the top score of 10. ACTION, OPTION and COUPON are everyday picks.
Among 57 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OCCUPATION, the top score is 9, reached by 17. POINT, TOPIC and INPUT are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words in OCCUPATION tie at 8 points; none scores more. ANTI, PAIN and ICON will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with OCCUPATION letters, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. NOT, CAN and OUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OCCUPATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OC · ending in ON · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OCCUPANT (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OCCUPATION, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 191 | 248 | 179 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COCOPAN, ACUPOINT, CANTICO, COCTION, CACOON, CATCON, CICUTA, COINOP, COPITA, PONTIC, POONAC, PUNCTO and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CANOPIC, COPOUT, OCICAT, PUNCTA, CAPOT, COPI, CUNIT, UNICA, TOCO, APO, OPA, TAUON and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US: POOT.
With one more tile, the letters of OCCUPATION spell the words below.