Unscramble OPERATION and you have 286 words, OPERATION itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ATROPINE and INOTROPE, 10 points each. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OPERATION by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 20 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
20 7-letter words in OPERATION; 17 of them share the top score of 9. PROTEIN, PORTION and POINTER are everyday picks.
Of the 53 6-letter words from OPERATION, 38 score 8 points, the group's best. OPTION, PARENT and RETAIN are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OPERATION scores 7. PRINT, POINT and PAINT are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OPERATION come to 60, each scoring 6 points. PART, OPEN and PORT are the familiar ones.
34 of 60 3-letter words from OPERATION tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, TOP and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OPERATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OP · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
OPERATION first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OPERATION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPERATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 229 | 286 | 214 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INAPTER, PRONAOI, PTERION, NIPTER, PANTER, PIONER, PONTIE, POOTER, PORINA, PROINE, PTERIA, ROOPIT and 45 more. 15 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INOTROPE, REPOINT, PERNIO, PRATIE, PAREN, PORIN, OATIER, TOONIE, APO, OPA, POO, PO and 3 more.
With one more tile, the letters of OPERATION spell the words below.