Unscramble PUBLICATION and you have 337 words, PUBLICATION itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PUBLICAN leads with 14 points. It has 11 letters, 5 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 PUBLICATION split into 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 14 with 8, 47 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 10 letters.
BIOPTIC tops the 7-letter words from PUBLICATION at 13 points; next come ABIOTIC and ABOULIC on 11. AUCTION, OPTICAL and CAUTION will look familiar.
BIOPIC and PUBLIC share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PUBLICATION. ACTION, OBTAIN and ITALIC are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PUBLICATION are led by PUBCO and PUBIC, 11 points each. ABOUT, TOPIC and BUILT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PUBLICATION, 17 score 8 points, the group's best. CLUB, BOAT and CLIP are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in PUBLICATION; 12 of them share the top score of 7. CAN, BUT and ACT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PUBLICATION for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with PU · ending in ON · all 11-letter words
The meaning of PUBLICATION, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PUBLICATION works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUBLICATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 337) | 272 | 336 | 252 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACUPOINT, BUCATINI, BUTANOIC, CIBATION, PUBCO, UNCLIPT, BALTIC, BLANCO, COPITA, LIPOIC, PLACIT, PONTIC and 53 more, 65 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UNPOLITIC, BITCOIN, CUBITI, PUNCTA, ALTCOIN, CAPOT, BANC, COLTAN, COPI, BALTI, BOULT, BUNA and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of PUBLICATION spell the words below.