Unscramble PERPETRATING to get 389 words. PERPETRATING itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REPAPERING leads with 15 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PERPETRATING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 18 with 9, 44 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in PERPETRATING: PRETREATING, for 14 points.
REPAPERING tops the 10-letter words made with PERPETRATING letters at 15 points; next comes RETREATING on 11.
Among the 9-letter words from PERPETRATING, PREPARING and PRETAPING tie for first at 14 points. INTEGRATE, INTERPRET and REPEATING are everyday picks.
The 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PERPETRATING are led by GRIPTAPE, PAPERING and TRAPPING, 13 points each. TREATING, APPETITE and RETAINER are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 7-letter words made with PERPETRATING letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. PRINTER, PARTNER and PATIENT will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERPETRATING, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. PARENT, PATENT and PEEING are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from PERPETRATING; 5 of them share the top score of 9. PRINT, PAPER and PETER are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in PERPETRATING, the top score is 8, reached by 9. PAGE, PART and PAIN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with PERPETRATING letters, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. GET, AIR and AGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PERPETRATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by REPAPERING (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PERPETRATING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERPETRATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 389) | 317 | 389 | 293 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 72 of them: GRIPTAPE, GENAPPE, INTERPAGE, PAPERIER, PARGETTER, PARPING, PIGNERATE, TRAPPIER, GAPPER, PARGETER, PARPENT, PRATTING and 60 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: ENTRAPPER, EPATERING, PETNAPER, REPPING, TRIPPANT, PEPITA, INEPTER, RINGETTE, TRIPTAN, EPATER, NATTERER, NEPETA and 12 more.