Unscramble ONTOGENETIC and you have 246 words, ONTOGENETIC itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. COTTONING, ONTOGENIC and OOGENETIC are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ONTOGENETIC split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 3 with 8, 19 with 7, 44 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 10 letters.
COTTING, GENETIC and ONCOGEN are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ONTOGENETIC, 10 points each. CONTENT and NETTING will look familiar.
Of the 44 6-letter words from ONTOGENETIC, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. NOTICE, ENGINE and COTTON are the ones most people know.
Among 41 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ONTOGENETIC, the top score is 8, reached by 7. ONION, OCTET and GENIE are the familiar ones.
22 of 60 4-letter words from ONTOGENETIC tie at 6 points; none scores more. TEEN, NOTE and ONCE will look familiar.
CIG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in ONTOGENETIC. NOT, ONE and GET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ONTOGENETIC for another and you can spell these 2 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COTTONING and ONTOGENIC (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ONTOGENETIC is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONTOGENETIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 189 | 246 | 165 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
57 of the 246 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COTTING, ONCOGEN, ENTOTIC, GOETIC, COGIE, CONNIE, TEENING, TENTIGO, CONNE, CTENE, GENNET, NONETTE and 45 more. 24 of the 246 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ONTOGENIC, INCENT, NEOCON, NEONIC, NOOGIE, ONCET, TIGNON, CIG, NIENTE, TENGE, TOCO, TOONIE and 12 more.