327 words come out when you unscramble POTENTIARY, starting with POTENTIARY itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. PATERNITY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34O1T1E1N12T1I1A1R1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POTENTIARY split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 8 with 8, 40 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2.
Among 40 7-letter words you get when you unscramble POTENTIARY, the top score is 12, reached by 6. PROTEIN, PATIENT and PATTERN are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words from POTENTIARY; 20 of them share the top score of 11. PRETTY, PARENT and POETRY are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words in POTENTIARY, 30 score 10 points, the group's best. PARTY, ENTRY and PANTY are the ones most people know.
22 of 60 4-letter words made with POTENTIARY letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. YEAR, TYPE and TINY will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POTENTIARY, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. ANY, PAY and YET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of POTENTIARY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PO · ending in RY · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PATERNITY (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POTENTIARY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTENTIARY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 327) | 238 | 326 | 222 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 88 of them: POTENTIARY, PETITORY, PANEITY, NYAOPE, PAEONY, PETARY, PIONEY, PROYNE, PYONER, REPTATION, TRIPEY, TRITANOPE and 76 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: TYROPITA, PYRO, REPOINT, TRIPTAN, PERNIO, TENTORIA, TRYNA, OATY, TIYN, TYIN, YER, APO and 4 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: PITTERY.
These 3 words take every letter of POTENTIARY plus a single extra one.