Unscramble PREINDUSTRIAL and you have 489 words, PREINDUSTRIAL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PRUDENTIALS and PURITANISED lead with 14 points. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PREINDUSTRIAL by length: 1 with 13 letters, 3 with 11, 24 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 41 with 2. None has 12 letters.
PRUDENTIALS and PURITANISED share the top score of 14 among the 11-letter words in PREINDUSTRIAL.
24 10-letter words made with PREINDUSTRIAL letters; 8 of them share the top score of 13. INDUSTRIAL and PRUDENTIAL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 9-letter words from PREINDUSTRIAL, 26 score 12 points, the group's best. SPIRITUAL and INSULATED are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PREINDUSTRIAL scores 11. INSPIRED, SPIRITED and INTREPID are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 7-letter words made with PREINDUSTRIAL letters score 10 points. PRINTED, DISPUTE and PAINTED are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PREINDUSTRIAL come to 60, each scoring 9 points. DEPART, PLATED and DIAPER are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from PREINDUSTRIAL scores 8. SPEND, RAPID and PRIDE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PREINDUSTRIAL, 23 score 7 points, the group's best. PART, PAST and PAID are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with PREINDUSTRIAL letters; 7 of them share the top score of 6. PUT, ADS and AID are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PREINDUSTRIAL but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PLATINISED, PUNDITRIES and SURPRINTED (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PREINDUSTRIAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREINDUSTRIAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 489) | 385 | 487 | 350 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
104 of the 489 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRUDENTIALS, PURITANISED, RAPTURISED, UNSPIRITED, DEPURANTS, INTERRADIUS, PALUSTRINE, PARULIDES, PATINISED, PERRADIUS, PURITANISE, RUPESTRIAN and 92 more. 33 of the 489 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PLATINISED, EPIDURALS, PINTAILED, PREADULTS, UNSTRIPED, LIPREADS, PLATINISE, RITUALISED, SPIRULINA, SPLURTED, TURNIPIER, UITLANDERS and 21 more. 2 of the 489 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPED and LARP.