Unscramble PATINATING and you have 163 words, PATINATING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 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 PATINATING split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 21 with 6, 33 with 5, 44 with 4, 40 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in PATINATING: ATTAINING, for 10 points.
6 of 21 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PATINATING tie at 9 points; none scores more. ATTAIN, ANGINA and TAPING will look familiar.
33 5-letter words made with PATINATING letters; 4 of them share the top score of 8. AGAIN, PAINT and GIANT are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PATINATING are led by PANG and PING, 7 points each. ANTI, PAIN and GAIN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PATINATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PA · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What PATINATING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PATINATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATINATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 163) | 126 | 163 | 114 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: APTING, NAPING, PANING, ATTAP, GITANA, INANGA, PANNI, AINGA, GAITA, GAITT, INGAN, NAIANT and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: PANINI, ATTING, PIANI, PITTA, AGITA, ATIGI, NAPA, PAAN, TANGA, NAGA, TIAN and GI.