Unscramble PREINFORMING and you have 360 words, PREINFORMING itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PERFORMING and PREFORMING lead with 18 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PREINFORMING split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 10 with 9, 20 with 8, 59 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in PREINFORMING: REINFORMING, for 17 points.
Every one of the 2 10-letter words made with PREINFORMING letters scores 18. PERFORMING is an everyday pick.
PIRIFORM tops the 8-letter words from PREINFORMING at 15 points; next come IMPINGER and IMPONING on 13. INFERIOR, REFINING and INFRINGE will look familiar.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PREINFORMING, PERFORM and PREFORM tie for first at 14 points. FOREIGN, MORNING and OPENING are everyday picks.
FOGMEN scores highest among the 6-letter words from PREINFORMING at 12 points, ahead of EMPING and ENFORM on 11. FORMER, REFORM and MINING are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words in PREINFORMING tie at 10 points; none scores more. PRIME, MINOR and GNOME will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PREINFORMING letters, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. INFO, FORM and FIRE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PREINFORMING, EMF, FEM and FOP tie for first at 8 points. MEN, PRO and PIN are everyday picks.
These 2 words have the length of PREINFORMING, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PERFORMING and PREFORMING (18 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PREINFORMING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREINFORMING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 360) | 276 | 358 | 254 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 82 of them: PENNIFORM, ENFORMING, FORPINING, REPRIMING, INFIRMER, PERFING, ENFIRING, FOGMEN, FORPINE, PORIFER, ENFORM, FERNING and 70 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: PREINFORMING, PREINFORM, EMPING, GRIMOIRE, FENING, PONGIER, PRONING, IMPRO, IRONMEN, PEROGI, FREON, GOMER and 11 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.