376 words come out when you unscramble POTENTIALS, starting with POTENTIALS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: PELTATIONS. 6 shorter words score 11, among them POTENTIAL, ANTIPOLES and PELTATION. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from POTENTIALS split into 2 with 10 letters, 7 with 9, 30 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
2 10-letter words made with POTENTIALS letters use every letter: POTENTIALS and its 1 anagram PELTATIONS, all with 12 points.
25 of 30 8-letter words from POTENTIALS tie at 10 points; none scores more. PATIENTS will look familiar.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble POTENTIALS come to 60, each scoring 9 points. PATIENT, PANTIES and PATENTS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words made with POTENTIALS letters score 8 points. PATENT, PANELS and PILOTS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POTENTIALS scores 7. PANEL, PAINT and PANTS are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from POTENTIALS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. OPEN, PAST and PAIN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in POTENTIALS, 44 score 5 points, the group's best. TOP, PET and SPA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of POTENTIALS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANTIPOLES, SEALPOINT, SEPTATION and TINPLATES (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POTENTIALS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTENTIALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 376) | 306 | 376 | 279 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INAPTEST, LAPSTONE, PISTOLET, PLEONAST, POINTELS, PONTILES, POSTNATI, APTOTES, LEIPOAS, OILPANS, OPTANTS, PATTLES and 58 more, 70 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PELTATIONS, PELTATION, SEALPOINT, SEPTATION, LEPTINS, NOPALES, LEPTIN, PALEOS, INSPO, LIPAS, LIPOS, PALEO and 15 more, 27 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of POTENTIALS and one more.