Unscramble PRINCIPLE to get 137 words. PRINCIPLE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PRINCIPE leads with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PRINCIPLE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 20 with 6, 22 with 5, 46 with 4, 31 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with PRINCIPLE letters: PRINCIPE, for 14 points.
PRECIP scores highest among the 6-letter words from PRINCIPLE at 12 points, ahead of INCLIP and LIPPEN on 10. PRINCE, PENCIL and RIPPLE are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PRINCIPLE, CIPPI leads with 11 points, then CLIPE and CRIPE on 9. PRICE, LINER and PIPER are the familiar ones.
11 of 46 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PRINCIPLE tie at 8 points; none scores more. LINE, NICE and CLIP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PRINCIPLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PRINCIPE (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PRINCIPLE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRINCIPLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 105 | 136 | 98 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLIPPIE, PIPERIC, CIPPI, LIPPIE, PICINE, CLIPE, PILIER, PIPI, PIRNIE, RIPP, CRINE, INCLE and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PRECIP, PERC, PERP, CEILI, INCEL and LIPE, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP.
With one more tile, the letters of PRINCIPLE spell the words below.