Unscramble PREFACING and you have 262 words, PREFACING itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PIGFACE, 15 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PREFACING split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 16 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
PIGFACE scores highest among the 7-letter words in PREFACING at 15 points, ahead of FARCING and FRAPING on 13. FEARING is the one most people know.
FACING tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PREFACING at 12 points; next come CAPING and FARCIE on 11. RACING, PRINCE and FINGER will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from PREFACING; 8 of them share the top score of 10. PRICE, GRACE and PANIC are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PREFACING, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. PAGE, CARE and FIRE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with PREFACING letters, CAF and FAP tie for first at 8 points. CAN, CAR and AGE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PREFACING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What PREFACING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PREFACING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREFACING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 214 | 260 | 202 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
47 of the 262 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIGFACE, FRAPING, PEARCING, PERFING, PREACING, PERCING, FARCIN, PERFIN, FRAPE, GRECIAN, PREIF, PRIEF and 35 more. 11 of the 262 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAPING, FINCA, PACIER, CAPRI, CAF, PERC, GIF, CIG, CRIA, FE and GI. 1 of the 262 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP. 1 of the 262 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.