344 words come out when you unscramble PUSTULATING, starting with PUSTULATING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. PULSATING, PLATTINGS and SPLATTING are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PUSTULATING split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 6 with 9, 18 with 8, 52 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
USTULATING is the only one of the 10-letter words in PUSTULATING; it scores 11 points.
18 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PUSTULATING; 6 of them share the top score of 11. NAUTILUS is an everyday pick.
17 of 52 7-letter words from PUSTULATING tie at 10 points; none scores more. PUTTING, LASTING and STATING will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with PUSTULATING letters, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. PLANTS, INPUTS and PLAINS are the ones most people know.
11 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PUSTULATING tie at 8 points; none scores more. PLANS, INPUT and PLANT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PUSTULATING, 14 score 7 points, the group's best. PLAN, PAST and PLUS are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 3-letter words in PUSTULATING tie at 6 points; none scores more. PUT, GAS and TAG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PUSTULATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PU · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PULSATING and SPLATTING (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PUSTULATING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUSTULATING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 344) | 263 | 344 | 245 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
81 of the 344 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PLATTINGS, PUTTINGS, SPALTING, TULIPANTS, USTULATING, PATULINS, PLUSING, PUSLING, SITUTUNGA, STUPING, TAPUING, TULIPANT and 69 more. 18 of the 344 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PUSTULATING, TAILSPUN, TAPINGS, PITTAS, ATTING, LIPAS, PALIS, PITTA, PULAS, LIPA, PALI, PTUI and 6 more.