Unscramble PUGNACIOUS and you have 272 words, PUGNACIOUS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PUGNACIOUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 20 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in PUGNACIOUS: USUCAPION, 13 points.
8 of 20 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PUGNACIOUS tie at 12 points; none scores more. CAUSING and SPACING will look familiar.
Of the 41 6-letter words from PUGNACIOUS, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. CASINO, POSING and COUSIN are the ones most people know.
16 of 60 5-letter words from PUGNACIOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. PIANO, COINS and ICONS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PUGNACIOUS, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. PICS, PAIN and ICON are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 3-letter words made with PUGNACIOUS letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. CAN, AGO and GAS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PUGNACIOUS for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COPINGS, COUPING, PACINGS, SCAPING, SCOPING and SPACING (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PUGNACIOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUGNACIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 272) | 201 | 272 | 179 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCAUPING, SCOUPING, USUCAPION, COPSING, PICONGS, PICONG, AGNOSIC, ANGICOS, COUGANS, PANISC, PUCANS, SOUCING and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PACINGS, CAPING, SCOPA, COPI, GUACS, ASCON, CIGS, GUAC, INSPO, APOS, CIG, OPAS and 10 more, 22 in all.