Unscramble PECTINATIONS and you have 449 words, PECTINATIONS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PECTINATION, PECTISATION and PINNATISECT lead with 15 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PECTINATIONS split into 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 11, 14 with 10, 39 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
All 3 of the 11-letter words in PECTINATIONS score 15 points.
14 10-letter words made with PECTINATIONS letters; 10 of them share the top score of 14. INSPECTION is an everyday pick.
11 of 39 9-letter words from PECTINATIONS tie at 13 points; none scores more. CITATIONS, PETITIONS and INCEPTION will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PECTINATIONS, 21 score 12 points, the group's best. CONTENTS, CONTAINS and INSTANCE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 7-letter words from PECTINATIONS, the top score is 11, reached by 35. ACTIONS, ANCIENT and CAPTION are the familiar ones.
37 of 60 6-letter words in PECTINATIONS tie at 10 points; none scores more. ACTION, TOPICS and COPIES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words made with PECTINATIONS letters, the top score is 9, reached by 32. TOPIC, SPACE and CANON are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PECTINATIONS, 19 score 8 points, the group's best. CASE, COST and PICS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from PECTINATIONS, the top score is 7, reached by 6. CAN, ACT and CAT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PECTINATIONS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 3 highest-scoring answers, starting with NEPOTISTIC and SPECIATION (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PECTINATIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PECTINATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 449) | 360 | 449 | 324 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PECTISATION, PINNATISECT, CISPONTINE, ENTOPTICS, PANOISTIC, PENTANOIC, PICOTITES, STENOPAIC, APOSITIC, ENTOPTIC, EPINOSIC, EPITONIC and 77 more, 89 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EPINASTIC, ACONITINES, CAPONISE, NICTATIONS, ACONITINE, COTININES, ENACTIONS, NICTATION, NONSTATIC, PACIEST, PAEONIC, PANETTONI and 24 more, 36 in all.