Unscramble PETROLATUM and you have 319 words, PETROLATUM itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34E1T1R1O1L12A1T1U12M34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PETROLATUM split into 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 38 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 38 7-letter words in PETROLATUM, 12 score 11 points, the group's best. TRUMPET, PLATTER and PLOTTER are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from PETROLATUM; 13 of them share the top score of 10. MATURE, MATTER and PORTAL are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PETROLATUM, the top score is 9, reached by 16. METAL, METRO and OPERA are the familiar ones.
20 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PETROLATUM tie at 8 points; none scores more. MALE, PALM and ATOM will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from PETROLATUM, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. MAP, PUT and MAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PETROLATUM for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in UM · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PALMETTO and TEMPORAL (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PETROLATUM works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETROLATUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 319) | 261 | 317 | 245 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
58 of the 319 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: METAPLOT, PREMOULT, PROMETAL, TRAMPET, EMPARL, EMPART, LAMPER, REPLUM, MPRET, OUTPART, PELMA, PLOUTER and 46 more. 15 of the 319 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PLEROMA, RUMPOT, MUTATOR, OMERTA, LOUMA, METOL, PALEO, RETOTAL, LUMA, APO, EMO, OMA and 3 more. 1 of the 319 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: MULATTO. 1 of the 319 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.
This word takes every letter of PETROLATUM plus a single extra one.