343 words come out when you unscramble PAINTINESS, starting with PAINTINESS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 11, among them INAPTNESS, PATINISES and PIANISTES. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PAINTINESS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 22 with 8, 54 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 54 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PAINTINESS, the top score is 9, reached by 33. PANTIES, SAPIENS and PIANIST are the familiar ones.
50 of 60 6-letter words from PAINTINESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. INSANE, PAINTS and INSIST will look familiar.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from PAINTINESS score 7 points. PAINT, PANTS and PASTE are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in PAINTINESS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. PAST, STEP and PASS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with PAINTINESS letters, 25 score 5 points, the group's best. ITS, NET and SAT are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PAINTINESS, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with PA · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; INAPTNESS and SPINNIEST (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: PAINTINESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAINTINESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 343) | 281 | 343 | 262 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: PAINTINESS, PATINISES, PIANISTES, PANTINES, PATINISE, PIANISTE, SNAPTINS, SNIPIEST, SPINNETS, ASPINES, PANTINE, PESANTS and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: SPINNIEST, PANNISTS, SAPIENTS, TINSNIPS, PANINIS, PANNIST, PANTSES, PANINI, PIANI, SEITANS, SENITIS, SINNETS and 7 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of PAINTINESS and one more.