Unscramble TRANSITIONAL and you have 395 words, TRANSITIONAL itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
T1R1A1N12S1I1T1I1O1N12A1L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TRANSITIONAL split into 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 11, 9 with 10, 22 with 9, 34 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Every one of the 3 11-letter words made with TRANSITIONAL letters scores 11. TRANSLATION and NATIONALIST are everyday picks.
All 9 of the 10-letter words in TRANSITIONAL score 10 points. TRANSITION and SANITATION are the ones most people know.
The 9-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANSITIONAL come to 22, each scoring 9 points. NATIONALS is the familiar one.
All 34 of the 8-letter words from TRANSITIONAL score 8 points. NATIONAL and RATIONAL are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words made with TRANSITIONAL letters scores 7. NATIONS, INSTANT and LIAISON are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANSITIONAL score 6 points. ARTIST, ATTAIN and ANNALS are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from TRANSITIONAL come to 60, each scoring 5 points. ATLAS, INTRO and ALIAS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words in TRANSITIONAL scores 4. ALSO, LAST and ARTS are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with TRANSITIONAL letters come to 60, each scoring 3 points. NOT, ITS and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of TRANSITIONAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with TR · ending in AL · all 12-letter words
TRANSITIONAL first, then short meanings for the 6 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
TRANSITIONAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSITIONAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 395) | 322 | 394 | 297 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 73 of them: ALTISONANT, INSTANTIAL, LATRATIONS, SOLITARIAN, INTROITAL, LATRATION, STANNATOR, TRITONIAS, AILANTOS, AORTITIS, NOTITIAS, ORLISTAT and 61 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: ROSANILIN, STRONTIAN, LOSARTAN, OSTINATI, STRIATAL, TRIALIST, ATONIAS, LATINAS, LIATRIS, ROTINIS, ATONIA, INIONS and 12 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: INROS.
This word takes every letter of TRANSITIONAL plus a single extra one.