490 words come out when you unscramble PERLUSTRATING, starting with PERLUSTRATING itself: 16 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. 13 letters: 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PERLUSTRATING split into 1 with 13 letters, 3 with 11, 27 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2. None has 12 letters.
The 11-letter words made with PERLUSTRATING letters are led by SPLATTERING and SPLUTTERING, 14 points each.
Of the 27 10-letter words in PERLUSTRATING, 10 score 13 points, the group's best. REGISTRANT, INTERRUPTS and RESTARTING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PERLUSTRATING, the top score is 12, reached by 31. INTERRUPT and ARRESTING are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 8-letter words from PERLUSTRATING score 11 points. SPRINGER and PLEASING are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words made with PERLUSTRATING letters scores 10. PUTTING, PARSING and PLATING are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERLUSTRATING, 55 score 9 points, the group's best. SPRING, GRAPES and PLAGUE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from PERLUSTRATING, the top score is 8, reached by 36. PAGES, INPUT and ASPEN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PERLUSTRATING, 20 score 7 points, the group's best. PAGE, PART and PAST are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words made with PERLUSTRATING letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. AGE, PUT and PET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PERLUSTRATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NG · all 13-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SPLATTERING and SPLUTTERING (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PERLUSTRATING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERLUSTRATING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 490) | 378 | 486 | 352 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
112 of the 490 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERLUSTRATING, STUPRATING, SUPERATING, EPURATING, PALUSTRINE, PEARLINGS, PLAGUIEST, PLATTINGS, REPUTINGS, RUPESTRIAN, TAPERINGS, AUSTRINGER and 100 more. 22 of the 490 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PLEATINGS, PRESIGNAL, SPLURTING, SPRINGLET, TRANSPUTER, INPUTTERS, PURLINGS, TEARSTRIP, GRAPLES, GUINEPS, GRAPLE, GUINEP and 10 more. 4 of the 490 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPINGS, LARPING, LARPS and LARP.