Unscramble POPULATING and you have 302 words, POPULATING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TOPPLING and PUPATING lead with 13 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from POPULATING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 29 with 7, 55 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 9 letters.
9 of 29 7-letter words in POPULATING tie at 12 points; none scores more. APPOINT, TAPPING and TOPPING will look familiar.
OPPUGN, POPGUN and UPPING share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from POPULATING. LAPTOP, UTOPIA and OUTING are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POPULATING tie at 9 points; none scores more. POINT, INPUT and PLANT will look familiar.
60 4-letter words made with POPULATING letters; 6 of them share the top score of 8. PLAN, PAIN and GAIN are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POPULATING, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. TOP, GOT and PUT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of POPULATING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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POPULATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
POPULATING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPULATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 302) | 229 | 302 | 212 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGITPOP, POUPING, PLOATING, PLUTOING, GALOPIN, POLTING, TAPUING, APPUI, APTING, IPPON, OUPING, PATULIN and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PALPING, UPALONG, PONGAL, PIPA, APP, PLUOT, PULAO, LIPA, LIPO, PALI, PTUI, AGLU and 5 more, 17 in all.