Unscramble URTICATING and you have 268 words, URTICATING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GRANITIC, CURATING and TRACTING lead with 11 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from URTICATING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 8, 21 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 9 letters.
21 7-letter words made with URTICATING letters; 8 of them share the top score of 10. CUTTING, CURTAIN and TITANIC are everyday picks.
Of the 42 6-letter words from URTICATING, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. RATING, GUITAR and RACING are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble URTICATING; 5 of them share the top score of 8. GRANT, TRAIN and GIANT are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble URTICATING are led by CANG, CRAG and GUAC, 7 points each. CART, ANTI and RING are the familiar ones.
CAG and CIG are the top 3-letter words from URTICATING, 6 points each. CAN, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of URTICATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UR · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
URTICATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. URTICATING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| URTICATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 268) | 208 | 268 | 194 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRACTING, TICING, TRIATIC, TURACIN, ANICUT, CRAIG, CRIANT, NAUTIC, RAITING, RITTING, TATUING, TAURIC and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARTIGI, ATTING, CAURI, CUNIT, GUAC, UNICA, ATIGI, CIG, CRIA, CRIT, CRU, NAIRU and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNT.
Each word below uses all the letters of URTICATING and one more.