Unscramble PRECIPITATING to get 378 words. PRECIPITATING itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. 13 letters: 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PRECIPITATING by length: 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 11, 2 with 10, 15 with 9, 36 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 12 letters.
PRECIPITANT tops the 11-letter words in PRECIPITATING at 17 points; next comes CREPITATING on 16.
The 10-letter words made with PRECIPITATING letters come to 2, each scoring 16 points.
RECAPPING and TAPPICING are the top 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PRECIPITATING, 16 points each. INTRICATE and CARPETING will look familiar.
CRAPPING scores highest among the 8-letter words from PRECIPITATING at 15 points, ahead of PRINCIPE and PRINCIPI on 14. CREATING, CATERING and INTERACT are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PRECIPITATING, CAPPING leads with 14 points, then CRAPPIE and EPICARP on 13. CERTAIN, PRICING and TRACING are the familiar ones.
Among the 6-letter words from PRECIPITATING, CAPPER, PEPTIC and PRECIP tie for first at 12 points. RACING, PRINCE and ACTING are everyday picks.
CIPPI tops the 5-letter words in PRECIPITATING at 11 points; next come CAPER and CAPRI on 9. PRICE, PAPER and GRACE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PRECIPITATING letters, 20 score 8 points, the group's best. PAGE, CARE and CART are the ones most people know.
9 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PRECIPITATING tie at 7 points; none scores more. CAN, GET and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PRECIPITATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NG · all 13-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PRINCIPATE and RECAPPING (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PRECIPITATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRECIPITATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 378) | 319 | 377 | 296 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TAPPICING, GRIPTAPE, PEARCING, PICTARNIE, PIPERIC, PREACING, TAPPICE, PARPING, PERCING, PITTERING, CIPPI, CITRANGE and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PRINCIPATE, PRECIP, REPPING, TRIPPANT, CAPING, PICANTE, PACIER, PEPITA, TRICEP, ATRETIC, CAPRI, PERC and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP.