Unscramble POTBOILING and you have 233 words, POTBOILING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from POTBOILING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 32 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The best of the 7-letter words in POTBOILING is POTBOIL, 11 points; BILTONG and BOILING on 10 follow. TOOLING, BOOTING and POOLING are everyday picks.
16 of 32 6-letter words from POTBOILING tie at 9 points; none scores more. OPTION, LOTION and BITING will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POTBOILING is BLOOP, 9 points; BIGOT and BINGO on 8 follow. POINT, PILOT and BLING are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in POTBOILING, BLIP leads with 8 points, then BING and BIOG on 7. LONG, BLOG and LOGO are the familiar ones.
BOP scores highest among the 3-letter words made with POTBOILING letters at 7 points, ahead of BIG and BOG on 6. NOT, TOP and GOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of POTBOILING for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of POTBOILING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POTBOILING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTBOILING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 185 | 232 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POOTLING, BOOLING, POLTING, POOTING, BILING, LOBING, OBIING, OOPING, POTING, GIBLI, GLOBI, PLING and 36 more. 20 of the 233 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIPOING, POOING, BLING, GLOOP, PONGO, BING, BIOG, BLOG, OLINGO, POGO, LIPO, LOGIN and 8 more. 1 of the 233 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: BINT.
This word takes every letter of POTBOILING plus a single extra one.