Unscramble PRINCIPIAL and you have 139 words, PRINCIPIAL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PRINCIPAL and PRINCIPIA lead with 15 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PRINCIPIAL by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 23 with 5, 56 with 4, 35 with 3 and 10 with 2.
PRINCIPI is the only one of the 8-letter words made with PRINCIPIAL letters; it scores 14 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PRINCIPIAL, CIPPI leads with 11 points, then CAPRI and CARPI on 9. PLAIN, PANIC and CAIRN are the familiar ones.
56 4-letter words from PRINCIPIAL; 14 of them share the top score of 8. PLAN, PAIN and CLIP are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PRINCIPIAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PRINCIPI (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PRINCIPIAL is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRINCIPIAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 119 | 137 | 107 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRINCIPIAL, CIPPI, CLARINI, PICRA, CALP, CAPI, CRINAL, ILIACI, PARP, PIPI, PLAP, RIPP and 8 more, 20 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.