Unscramble PURGATORIAL to get 289 words. PURGATORIAL itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. RAPTORIAL and TOPALGIA are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PURGATORIAL by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in PURGATORIAL: RAPTORIAL, for 11 points.
Among 16 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PURGATORIAL, the top score is 10, reached by 4. AIRPORT, PARTIAL and PARLOUR are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 6-letter words from PURGATORIAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. GUITAR, PORTAL and PATROL will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PURGATORIAL; 10 of them share the top score of 8. GROUP, PRIOR and PILOT are everyday picks.
11 of 60 4-letter words from PURGATORIAL tie at 7 points; none scores more. PART, PORT and PAIR will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in PURGATORIAL; 5 of them share the top score of 6. TOP, GOT and PUT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PURGATORIAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PU · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; RAPTORIAL (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PURGATORIAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PURGATORIAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 206 | 288 | 184 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TOPALGIA, GAROUPA, TROPARIA, AIRGAP, ATROPIA, GOPURA, PALAGI, PARITOR, PATRIAL, TOPRAIL, APGAR, GRAIP and 71 more, 83 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: APORIA, RAGTAIL, LAOGAI, OUTRIG, PLUOT, PULAO, RUGRAT, AGITA, LIPA, LIPO, PALI, PAUA and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.