Jumble solved
Is ATTEMPTING a word? Yes.
ATTEMPTING is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 10 letters, worth 15 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 257 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 257
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 7
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (A, E, I) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 7 remaining consonants (T, T, M, P, T, N, G).
Anagrams of ATTEMPTING
One word uses all 10 letters:
- attempting
10-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
1 word found- tempting13
7-letter words
12 words found6-letter words
31 words found+ 16 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
33 words found+ 18 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
84 words found+ 69 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
72 words found+ 57 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
23 words found+ 8 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside ATTEMPTING
Without moving a single letter, reading attempting straight through uncovers 7 shorter words — tempting, attempt, tempt, temp, ting, att, and more. The longest unbroken run is tempting.
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Shorter words inside ATTEMPTING — solve each on its own:
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
10
Distinct
8
Vowels
30%
A, E, I
Consonants
70%
T, T, M, P, T, N, G
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Solving ATTEMPTING: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters attempting?
Rearranging the 10 letters in attempting produces 257 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 10-letter answer attempting here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does attempting have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, attempting rearranges into exactly one word: attempting.
What is the longest word you can make from attempting?
The longest solution is attempting at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from attempting?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: attempting yields age, aim, ain, ait, ami, amp, ane, ani, ant and ape. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from attempting scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, attempting is the top scorer from attempting at 15 points, followed by tempting (13), pigment (12) and tamping (12). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside attempting?
Read left to right without moving any letters and attempting already contains 7 shorter words: tempting, attempt, tempt, temp, ting and att (plus 1 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is tempting. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.