Unscramble ULCERATING and you have 374 words, ULCERATING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 9 of them, LECTURING, CINGULATE and CLARETING included. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ULCERATING split into 1 with 10 letters, 13 with 9, 31 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
16 of 31 8-letter words made with ULCERATING letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. CREATING, RELATING and CATERING will look familiar.
60 7-letter words from ULCERATING; 27 of them share the top score of 10. ARTICLE, CENTRAL and CERTAIN are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ULCERATING, 20 score 9 points, the group's best. CLIENT, RACING and ACTING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ULCERATING, the top score is 8, reached by 12. CLEAR, CLEAN and GRACE are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words from ULCERATING tie at 7 points; none scores more. CARE, CART and NICE will look familiar.
CAG and CIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in ULCERATING. CAN, GET and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ULCERATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UL · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
ULCERATING 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 ULCERATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ULCERATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 374) | 293 | 374 | 271 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
80 of the 374 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLARETING, GENICULAR, TREACLING, CITRANGE, CLARTING, CLAUTING, RECULING, ALGETIC, GAUCIER, GLUCINA, GRECIAN, LINCTURE and 68 more. 23 of the 374 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CENTURIAL, CINGULAR, TACRINE, TALCIER, TRUNCAL, CENTAI, CAURI, CENTU, CLEG, CUNIT, GUAC, CERT and 11 more. 1 of the 374 answers is missing from Scrabble US: CUNT.
With one more tile, the letters of ULCERATING spell the words below.