Unscramble PROFESSING to get 345 words. PROFESSING itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PERFINGS, 14 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PROFESSING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 17 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 9 letters.
PERFINGS tops the 8-letter words in PROFESSING at 14 points; next come FORPINES on 13 and GOSSIPER on 11. PRESSING will look familiar.
The best of the 7-letter words made with PROFESSING letters is PERFING, 13 points; FORPINE and FRIPONS on 12 follow. FOREIGN, PERSONS and SPRINGS are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from PROFESSING, the top score is 11, reached by 4. PERSON, SPRING and FINGER are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROFESSING tie at 10 points; none scores more. FIRES, FORGE and GRIEF will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PROFESSING, FOPS, PROF and SPIF tie for first at 9 points. INFO, OPEN and FIRE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words from PROFESSING, FOP leads with 8 points, then FEG and FIG on 7. PRO, PIN and PEN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PROFESSING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
PROFESSING first, then short meanings for the 6 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROFESSING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFESSING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 345) | 263 | 344 | 239 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 81 of them: PERFINGS, FORPINES, PERFING, FORPINE, FRIPONS, PERFINS, FRIPON, FROINGS, PERFIN, PREIFS, PRIEFS, PROSINGS and 69 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: SERPIGOS, FRIGES, PEROGIS, PINGOES, PONGIER, ROPINGS, ESPOIRS, FREONS, PEROGI, SPROGS, ESPOIR, FREON and 12 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of PROFESSING and one more.