Unscramble TRANSLATING to get 350 words. TRANSLATING itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 5 of them, STARTLING, ASTARTING and ATTAGIRLS included. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from TRANSLATING split into 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 9, 25 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 10 letters.
19 of 25 8-letter words in TRANSLATING tie at 9 points; none scores more. STARTING and STAGNANT will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from TRANSLATING, 44 score 8 points, the group's best. RATINGS, INSTANT and LASTING are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANSLATING scores 7. RATING, SIGNAL and GRATIS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words in TRANSLATING come to 60, each scoring 6 points. AGAIN, GIRLS and GRANT are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with TRANSLATING letters score 5 points. SIGN, GIRL and RING are the ones most people know.
20 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANSLATING tie at 4 points; none scores more. ITS, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of TRANSLATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with TR · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ATTAGIRLS, RATTLINGS and STARTLING (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TRANSLATING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSLATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 350) | 261 | 350 | 237 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTARTING, SALTATING, RATLINGS, RATTINGS, SLARTING, STARNING, TANLINGS, TRANTING, AGITANS, ANGLIST, GALANTS, GARIALS and 77 more, 89 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ATTAGIRLS, ATTAGIRL, LARIGANS, RANTINGS, SANGRAIL, LARIGAN, LARNING, LIGNANS, RAGTAIL, SARANGI, STRIATAL, AGITAS and 12 more, 24 in all.