Unscramble PRESCRIBING to get 334 words. PRESCRIBING itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PRESCRIBING split into 1 with 11 letters, 9 with 9, 17 with 8, 54 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 10 letters.
5 of 17 8-letter words made with PRESCRIBING letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. SPRINGER and PIERCING will look familiar.
Of the 54 7-letter words from PRESCRIBING, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. PRICING, INSPIRE and PRINCES are the ones most people know.
BICEPS tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESCRIBING at 12 points; next come CRIPES and IBICES on 10. PRICES, SPRING and PRINCE will look familiar.
BICEP scores highest among the 5-letter words in PRESCRIBING at 11 points, ahead of BICES and CREPS on 9. PRICE, BEING and BRING are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with PRESCRIBING letters; 10 of them share the top score of 8. PICS, NICE and PINE are everyday picks.
CEP, PEC and PIC are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESCRIBING, 7 points each. BIG, BIN and ICE will look familiar.
These 2 words have the length of PRESCRIBING, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PIERCINGS, PRECISING and REPRICING (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PRESCRIBING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESCRIBING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 334) | 264 | 332 | 245 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESPICING, ESCRIBING, PRICINGS, PERCING, CRISPIN, SPERRING, BINGIES, BIRSING, BREIING, GRICERS, PERSING, PICINE and 58 more, 70 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PIERCINGS, BICEP, CRINGIER, PIEINGS, PERCS, BINERS, PERC, BINER, BING, CIGS, CIG, BES and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP, 2 in all.
This word takes every letter of PRESCRIBING plus a single extra one.