Unscramble ORIGINATING to get 281 words. ORIGINATING itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 12 of them, GRANTING, IGNORING and RATIONING included. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ORIGINATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 15 with 8, 31 with 7, 38 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 10 letters.
10 of 15 8-letter words made with ORIGINATING letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. TRAINING, GRANTING and IGNITION will look familiar.
Of the 31 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ORIGINATING, 16 score 9 points, the group's best. RANGING, GAINING and RINGING are the ones most people know.
Among 38 6-letter words from ORIGINATING, the top score is 8, reached by 7. RATING, NATION and ORIGIN are the familiar ones.
6 of 58 5-letter words made with ORIGINATING letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. GOING, GRANT and TRAIN will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ORIGINATING, the top score is 6, reached by 10. ANTI, RING and IRON are the familiar ones.
GAG, GIG and IGG share the top score of 5 among the 3-letter words from ORIGINATING. NOT, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ORIGINATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with OR · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The meaning of ORIGINATING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ORIGINATING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORIGINATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 281) | 219 | 280 | 205 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GANTING, GRONING, TARGING, AGOING, AIRNING, GORGIA, OINTING, RAITING, ROATING, ROINING, AGGRI, GANOIN and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARTIGI, TIGNON, ATIGI, GONNA, RAGG, ROTINI, AGRO, IGG, RONIN, TROG, ORG, ARO and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: GRINGO.
With one more tile, the letters of ORIGINATING spell the words below.