387 words come out when you unscramble PONTIFICATED, starting with PONTIFICATED itself: 20 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PONTIFICATE leads with 18 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PONTIFICATED split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 8 with 9, 37 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words made with PONTIFICATED letters: PONTIFICATE, 18 points.
ANTIPOETIC is the only one of the 10-letter words in PONTIFICATED; it scores 14 points.
OPACIFIED tops the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PONTIFICATED at 17 points; next come PONTIFICE on 16 and PONTIFIED on 15. DEPICTION, CAPTIONED and DICTATION will look familiar.
The best of the 8-letter words from PONTIFICATED is PACIFIED, 16 points; PONTIFIC on 15 and CANOPIED on 13 follow. INDICATE, PETITION and CITATION are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words in PONTIFICATED, the top score is 13, reached by 6. FICTION, PATIENT and NOTICED are the familiar ones.
COIFED and DEIFIC are the top 6-letter words made with PONTIFICATED letters, 12 points each. COPIED, FITTED and COATED will look familiar.
DECAF and FACED share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PONTIFICATED. TOPIC, DANCE and ADOPT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from PONTIFICATED; 9 of them share the top score of 9. FIND, CODE and FACT are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in PONTIFICATED are led by CAF, FAP and FOP, 8 points each. CAN, ACT and FAT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PONTIFICATED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ED · all 12-letter words
PONTIFICATED 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 PONTIFICATED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONTIFICATED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 387) | 309 | 386 | 281 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PONTIFICE, PONTIFIED, PACTIONED, CAPOTTED, PENTADIC, PINACOID, DIANOETIC, ENTOPTIC, EPITONIC, PICOTITE, APTOTIC, DIACTINE and 65 more, 77 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TONIFIED, ACTIONED, ENDCAP, PAEONIC, PATONCE, PICANTE, FADEIN, FINCA, CAPOT, CNIDAE, DACITE, TAENIOID and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.