Unscramble PONTIFICALITY and you have 359 words, PONTIFICALITY itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. TYPIFICATION is the best of the shorter words, at 22 points. It has 13 letters, 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PONTIFICALITY by length: 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 12, 5 with 10, 9 with 9, 17 with 8, 54 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
The best of the 12-letter words in PONTIFICALITY is TYPIFICATION, 22 points; FICTIONALITY on 20 follows.
FINICALITY tops the 10-letter words made with PONTIFICALITY letters at 18 points; next come PONTIFICAL and TOPICALITY on 17. POLITICIAN will look familiar.
FACILITY scores highest among the 8-letter words from PONTIFICALITY at 16 points, ahead of ANTIPYIC and PONTIFIC on 15. CITATION is the one most people know.
OPACIFY tops the 7-letter words in PONTIFICALITY at 17 points; next come COALIFY and FANCILY on 15. FICTION, INITIAL and OPTICAL will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words made with PONTIFICALITY letters, PACIFY leads with 16 points, then CITIFY and CLIFTY on 14. POLICY, ACTION and NOTIFY are the familiar ones.
FANCY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PONTIFICALITY at 13 points; next come COPAY and TYPIC on 12. TOPIC, FINAL and PANIC will look familiar.
COPY, PACY and PYIC share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words from PONTIFICALITY. CITY, PLAY and FACT are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words in PONTIFICALITY are led by FAY, FLY and FOY, 9 points each. CAN, ANY and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PONTIFICALITY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with PO · ending in TY · all 13-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by TYPIFICATION (22 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PONTIFICALITY, but the Words With Friends list does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONTIFICALITY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 359) | 298 | 358 | 279 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: PONTIFICALITY, FINICALITY, ICONIFY, PONTIFY, CLIFTY, POLYACT, CALIFONT, CANTILY, FAINLY, FAINTY, FLATTY, LAICITY and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: ANTITYPIC, ATONICITY, INTACTLY, COPAY, TONIFY, FINCA, TAILFIN, TALCY, ALTCOIN, CAPOT, FINITO, CAF and 8 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: FI.