Unscramble POTENTIARIES and you have 467 words, POTENTIARIES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POTENTIARIES split into 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 11, 12 with 10, 53 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
All 4 of the 11-letter words made with POTENTIARIES letters score 13 points. PETITIONERS is the one most people know.
Among 12 10-letter words in POTENTIARIES, the top score is 12, reached by 9. PETITIONER, PARTITIONS and REPETITION are the familiar ones.
38 of 53 9-letter words from POTENTIARIES tie at 11 points; none scores more. PARTITION, PETITIONS and ITERATION will look familiar.
All 60 of the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble POTENTIARIES score 10 points. PATIENTS, PATTERNS and PROTEINS are the ones most people know.
The 7-letter words made with POTENTIARIES letters come to 60, each scoring 9 points. PARENTS, PARTIES and PATIENT are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POTENTIARIES score 8 points. PARENT, PATENT and PASTOR are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from POTENTIARIES scores 7. PARTS, PAINT and OPERA are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in POTENTIARIES come to 60, each scoring 6 points. PART, OPEN and PAST are the familiar ones.
45 of 60 3-letter words made with POTENTIARIES letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, TOP and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POTENTIARIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PATERNITIES, PETITIONERS and REPETITIONS (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POTENTIARIES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTENTIARIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 467) | 382 | 466 | 352 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
84 of the 467 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POTENTIARIES, PRESTATION, REPTATIONS, TRITANOPES, EPITRITES, ISOPTERAN, OPERATISE, PANEITIES, PIANETTES, POITRINES, POTENTISE, REPTATION and 72 more. 31 of the 467 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EPISTERNA, SEPTATION, TOPIARIST, INEPTEST, PARTIEST, PEREIONS, EPATERS, INEPTER, NEPETAS, PANEERS, RESTATION, SERIATION and 19 more. 1 of the 467 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: PERITONITES.
With one more tile, the letters of POTENTIARIES spell the words below.