353 words come out when you unscramble PAINTURES, starting with PAINTURES itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 17 shorter words score 10, among them PAINTERS, PERTAINS and PURITANS. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PAINTURES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 21 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
Among 21 8-letter words in PAINTURES, the top score is 10, reached by 17. PAINTERS and PERTAINS are the familiar ones.
59 of 60 7-letter words made with PAINTURES letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. PARENTS, PARTIES and PANTIES will look familiar.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PAINTURES come to 60, each scoring 8 points. PARENT, PRINTS and PRAISE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from PAINTURES score 7 points. PARTS, INPUT and PAINT are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words in PAINTURES scores 6. PART, PAST and PAIN are everyday picks.
41 of 60 3-letter words made with PAINTURES letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PAINTURES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PAINTERS, PANTRIES, PERTAINS, PETUNIAS, PINASTER, PRISTANE, PRUNIEST and PURITANS (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PAINTURES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAINTURES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 353) | 277 | 353 | 264 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
76 of the 353 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAINTURES, PAINTURE, PERSAUNT, REPUNITS, UNPRAISE, UNPRIEST, UPTRAINS, INAPTER, NIPTERS, PAIREST, PANTERS, PERSANT and 64 more. 13 of the 353 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PRUNIEST, PERITUS, PRATIES, SUNTRAP, UNPAIRS, PARENS, PRATIE, PAREN, PTUI, PST, URP, ATS and 1 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of PAINTURES and one more.