Unscramble PINKERTONS and you have 345 words, PINKERTONS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34I1N12K5E1R1T1O1N12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PINKERTONS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 14 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in PINKERTONS: PINKERTON, for 15 points.
PORKIEST tops the 8-letter words made with PINKERTONS letters at 14 points; next come EINKORNS and INKSTONE on 12. PROTEINS and POINTERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PINKERTONS, 9 score 13 points, the group's best. PROTEIN, PENSION and POINTER are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from PINKERTONS; 16 of them share the top score of 12. PERSON, STRIKE and STROKE are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from PINKERTONS, the top score is 11, reached by 24. POKER, SPOKE and SKIRT are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 4-letter words in PINKERTONS tie at 10 points; none scores more. RISK, SKIP and PINK will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with PINKERTONS letters, KEP, KIP and KOP tie for first at 9 points. TOP, PRO and INN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PINKERTONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PI · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PORKIEST (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PINKERTONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINKERTONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 345) | 259 | 344 | 236 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PINKERTONS, PINKERTON, INKSPOT, PERKINS, PERKIN, PROKES, PRONKS, TOPEKS, KINONES, KIPES, PENKS, POKIE and 73 more, 85 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: REKNOTS, SPORK, STONKER, REKNOT, REPOINTS, RESKIN, KORIS, PRONEST, REPOINT, ESPOIR, KOIS, KORI and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: SPIK.