Unscramble UNTAINTING and you have 128 words, UNTAINTING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from UNTAINTING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 9 with 7, 13 with 6, 17 with 5, 31 with 4, 38 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 31 4-letter words made with UNTAINTING letters, 13 score 5 points, the group's best. UNIT, ANTI and GAIN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UNTAINTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UN · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ATTUNING, NUTATING, TAINTING and TAUNTING (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts UNTAINTING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNTAINTING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 95 | 128 | 89 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
33 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNTAINTING, TATUING, TANGUN, UNGAIN, AGUTI, GAITT, INGAN, NGATI, TANGI, GANT, GINN, INNIT and 21 more. 6 of the 128 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ATTING, ATIGI, NUG, TIAN, GI and UNI.
This word takes every letter of UNTAINTING plus a single extra one.