283 words come out when you unscramble PRELUDING, starting with PRELUDING itself: 13 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 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 PRELUDING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 20 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
5 of 20 7-letter words in PRELUDING tie at 11 points; none scores more. INDULGE, PLUNGED and GUILDER will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from PRELUDING, the top score is 10, reached by 6. LINEUP, PLUNGE and GLIDER are the familiar ones.
PUDGE tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PRELUDING at 9 points; next come DRUPE and DUPER on 8. GUIDE, RIDGE and PRIDE will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in PRELUDING; 12 of them share the top score of 7. DRUG, PLUG and PURE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with PRELUDING letters, 10 score 6 points, the group's best. END, DUE and LED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PRELUDING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
PRELUDING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PRELUDING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRELUDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 283) | 218 | 283 | 206 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PINGLED, PLINGED, PINGLER, PRELUDI, PUERING, GRIPLE, GRUNDLE, PINGLE, PURING, UNIPED, DERING, DUNGER and 53 more, 65 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DRUPEL, GUINEP, PUDGE, URPING, RUNGED, URPED, PEDI, DEP, LIPE, DENI, URP and GI, 12 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of PRELUDING plus a single extra one.