Unscramble PAINTWORK and you have 230 words, PAINTWORK itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 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 PAINTWORK split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 8 letters.
KAPOW scores highest among the 5-letter words from PAINTWORK at 14 points, ahead of AWORK and TWANK on 12. PRINT, POINT and PAINT are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PAINTWORK is PAWK, 13 points; KNOW and WANK on 11 follow. WORK, PARK and PINK are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words in PAINTWORK tie at 10 points; none scores more. NOW, TWO and OWN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PAINTWORK for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in RK · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PINWORK (16 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PAINTWORK 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAINTWORK itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 178 | 230 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: INWORK, KWAITO, PAWK, AWORK, INWRAPT, KATIPO, TWANK, PARKI, PRONK, AWK, KAW, KIRTAN and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: KAPOW, KIRPAN, PARKIN, TWINK, PANKO, WANK, WAITRON, PAK, TAIKO, KORA, KORI, KRAI and 10 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: WOP.
With one more tile, the letters of PAINTWORK spell the words below.