Unscramble PARENTING and you have 304 words, PARENTING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PARENTING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 37 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
9 of 37 7-letter words in PARENTING tie at 10 points; none scores more. EARNING, GRANITE and RENTING will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PARENTING, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. RATING, PARENT and EATING are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from PARENTING; 11 of them share the top score of 8. GREAT, PRINT and AGENT are everyday picks.
7 of 60 4-letter words in PARENTING tie at 7 points; none scores more. PAGE, PART and TRIP will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with PARENTING letters, the top score is 6, reached by 4. ARE, GET and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PARENTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of PARENTING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PARENTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARENTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 304) | 243 | 304 | 232 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
61 of the 304 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRENTING, NEAPING, PEANING, PERNING, TRAPING, APTING, ENPRINT, GAPIER, INAPTER, NAPING, PANING, PANTINE and 49 more. 11 of the 304 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PANNER, PRATIE, INNAGE, PAREN, TAGINE, TRANNIE, GATER, AREG, NEG, GI and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of PARENTING spell the words below.