Unscramble PRELOCATING and you have 425 words, PRELOCATING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. PRELOCATING has 1 anagram here, PERCOLATING, scoring 16 like PRELOCATING itself. PELARGONIC is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PRELOCATING by length: 2 with 11 letters, 4 with 10, 22 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
The 11-letter words made with PRELOCATING letters are 2: PRELOCATING itself and 1 anagram, PERCOLATING. Each scores 16 points.
Among the 10-letter words in PRELOCATING, PELARGONIC leads with 15 points, then PRATINCOLE on 14 and CORELATING on 13. RELOCATING is the familiar one.
4 of 22 9-letter words from PRELOCATING tie at 14 points; none scores more. OPERATING, PORCELAIN and REPLACING will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PRELOCATING, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. CREATING, TROPICAL and CATERING are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words in PRELOCATING; 9 of them share the top score of 12. OPTICAL, PLACING and REPLICA are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with PRELOCATING letters, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. POLICE, PRINCE and ACTING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PRELOCATING, the top score is 9, reached by 33. PRICE, PLACE and TOPIC are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PRELOCATING, 20 score 8 points, the group's best. PAGE, CARE and CART are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in PRELOCATING, the top score is 7, reached by 6. CAN, CAR and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PRELOCATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CARPETING, PARCELING, PRATINCOLE, PREACTING and REPLACING (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PRELOCATING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRELOCATING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 425) | 352 | 424 | 317 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 73 of them: PELARGONIC, COPERING, PEARCING, PREACING, RECAPTION, APORETIC, CLARETING, ENCOLPIA, PECTINAL, PERCING, PERCOLIN, PIGNORATE and 61 more. Words With Friends* skips 34 of them: PRELOCATING, REPLICANT, PRETONIC, RECOATING, CAPING, CLARIONET, GELCAP, NOPLACE, PAEONIC, PATONCE, PICANTE, PINOTAGE and 22 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: CRIP.
This word takes every letter of PRELOCATING plus a single extra one.