Unscramble POSTPONING and you have 267 words, POSTPONING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 13, among them STOPPING, OPPOSING and TOPPINGS. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POSTPONING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 23 with 7, 42 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 23 7-letter words made with POSTPONING letters, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. OPTIONS, POSTING and NOTIONS are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTPONING are led by IPPONS and POSTOP, 10 points each. POINTS, OPTION and NOTION are the familiar ones.
IPPON, OPPOS and POOPS share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words from POSTPONING. POINT, ONION and SPOON are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTPONING; 4 of them share the top score of 8. POST, SIGN and TIPS are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from POSTPONING are led by PIP and POP, 7 points each. NOT, ITS and TOP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of POSTPONING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
POSTPONING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POSTPONING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTPONING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 267) | 211 | 267 | 186 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: IPPONS, POOTING, SOOPING, IPPON, OOPING, POSITON, POTING, POTINS, TONINGS, NOOPS, PONTS, POOTS and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: PINSPOT, POSTOP, OPPOS, PONGOS, POOING, OPPO, POGOS, PONGO, TIGNONS, INSPO, POGO, TIGNON and 13 more.