Unscramble PROVIDING and you have 149 words, PROVIDING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. PROVING is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PROVIDING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 21 with 6, 23 with 5, 42 with 4, 42 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 4-letter words from PROVIDING, VOIP leads with 9 points, then DIVI and DIVO on 8. RING, DROP and IRON are the familiar ones.
5 of 42 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PROVIDING tie at 7 points; none scores more. GOD, PRO and DOG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PROVIDING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What PROVIDING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROVIDING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROVIDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 121 | 148 | 111 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
27 of the 149 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOVING, VIRING, PROIGN, VIRINO, VOIP, DIVI, DIVO, RODING, DIV, GOV, PROIN, RIVO and 15 more. 10 of the 149 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PORIN, VID, VOG, VIN, DINO, ROID, ORG, PO, GI and OI. 1 of the 149 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of PROVIDING spell the words below.