Unscramble POLLENATING and you have 363 words, POLLENATING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POLLENATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 6 with 9, 23 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2. None has 10 letters.
12 of 23 8-letter words in POLLENATING tie at 11 points; none scores more. PLANTING, POIGNANT and NEGATION will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble POLLENATING, 20 score 10 points, the group's best. OPENING, ANTIGEN and POLLING are the ones most people know.
24 of 60 6-letter words from POLLENATING tie at 9 points; none scores more. PLANET, PIGEON and POLITE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in POLLENATING, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. PANEL, PLAIN and PAINT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with POLLENATING letters; 9 of them share the top score of 7. PAGE, OPEN and PLAN are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POLLENATING tie at 6 points; none scores more. GET, TOP and GOT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POLLENATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PALLETING, PANELLING and POLLENING (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: POLLENATING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLLENATING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 363) | 290 | 363 | 272 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PLANTLING, PLOATING, GALOPIN, NEAPING, PANTLEG, PEANING, PELLING, PLEAING, POLTING, PONTAGE, APTING, NAPING and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: POLLENATING, PALLETING, PINOTAGE, PLEONAL, PONGAL, LEPTIN, PANINO, PALEO, LIPA, LIPE, LIPO, PALI and 6 more, 18 in all.