Unscramble TAILGATING to get 172 words. TAILGATING itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. AGITATING is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from TAILGATING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 11 with 7, 20 with 6, 32 with 5, 51 with 4, 39 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in TAILGATING: AGITATING, for 11 points.
The best of the 5-letter words from TAILGATING is AGING, 7 points; AGAIN and AGILA on 6 follow. GIANT, ALIGN and TITAN are everyday picks.
Of the 51 4-letter words in TAILGATING, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. ANTI, GAIN and GANG are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TAILGATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with TA · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
TAILGATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TAILGATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAILGATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 136 | 172 | 123 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
36 of the 172 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TAIGLING, GATLING, GILGAI, LAGGIN, GALANT, GITANA, LITING, AGILA, AINGA, ANTLIA, GAITA, GAITT and 24 more. 13 of the 172 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GITTING, TAGGANT, GALING, ATTING, AGITA, ATIGI, LATINA, TANGA, IGG, NAGA, NALA, TIAN and 1 more.
With one more tile, the letters of TAILGATING spell the words below.