Unscramble PRINCIPAL and you have 135 words, PRINCIPAL itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34R1I1N12C34I1P34A1L12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PRINCIPAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 23 with 5, 56 with 4, 35 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PRINCIPAL, CIPPI leads with 11 points, then CAPRI and CARPI on 9. PLAIN, PANIC and CAIRN are the familiar ones.
Of the 56 4-letter words from PRINCIPAL, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. PLAN, PAIN and CLIP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PRINCIPAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PRIAPIC (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PRINCIPAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRINCIPAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 135) | 117 | 133 | 105 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CIPPI, CLARINI, PICRA, CALP, CAPI, CRINAL, PARP, PIPI, PLAP, RIPP, PIRAI, PRIAL and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAPRI, PIPA, APP, PIANI, CRIA, LIPA, PALI, CAL, LARN and RAI, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP and LARP, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PRINCIPAL spell the words below.