259 words come out when you unscramble PATRONAGE, starting with PATRONAGE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. TRAGOPAN is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PATRONAGE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 12 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
TRAGOPAN is the only one of the 8-letter words in PATRONAGE; it scores 11 points.
Of the 40 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PATRONAGE, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. PARENT, ORANGE and GARNET are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from PATRONAGE; 17 of them share the top score of 8. AGENT, OPERA and APART are everyday picks.
8 of 60 4-letter words from PATRONAGE tie at 7 points; none scores more. PAGE, PART and OPEN will look familiar.
GAP and PEG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in PATRONAGE. ARE, GET and TOP are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PATRONAGE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in GE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; TRAGOPAN (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PATRONAGE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATRONAGE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 220 | 259 | 204 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PONTAGE, POTAGER, PARAGE, APAGE, APGAR, PANTER, PATERA, PEROG, PETARA, PONGA, PORGE, APERT and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AREPA, PARAE, PAREN, PRANA, TOERAG, NAPA, PAAN, AGRO, APO, AREG, OPA, NEG and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PATRONAGE and one more.