Unscramble PERTURBING to get 284 words. PERTURBING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BURPING and UPBRING lead with 12 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PERTURBING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 21 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 7-letter words in PERTURBING are led by BURPING and UPBRING, 12 points each. PRINTER, TRIBUNE and REPRINT are the familiar ones.
18 of 57 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERTURBING tie at 9 points; none scores more. RETURN, BURNER and URGENT will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from PERTURBING, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. BEING, PRINT and BRING are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in PERTURBING, BURP and PUBE tie for first at 8 points. TRIP, PURE and TUBE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with PERTURBING letters, PUB leads with 7 points, then BEG and BIG on 6. BUT, GET and PUT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PERTURBING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
PERTURBING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERTURBING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERTURBING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 228 | 283 | 212 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UPBRING, REPURING, PUERING, BEGUIN, BETING, BRIGUE, BUNGER, BUNGIE, BUNTIER, PURING, REPUNIT, GEBUR and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GUINEP, PRUNIER, PURTIER, URPING, BRUNG, BRUTER, PUBE, BINER, BING, GUNTER, RUEING, PTUI and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.