Jumble solved
Is IMPORTANT a word? Yes.
IMPORTANT is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 13 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 280 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 280
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (I, O, A) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (M, P, R, T, N, T).
Anagrams of IMPORTANT
One word uses all 9 letters:
- important
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
1 word found- protamin12
7-letter words
12 words found6-letter words
23 words found+ 8 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
54 words found+ 39 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
88 words found+ 73 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
78 words found+ 63 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
23 words found+ 8 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside IMPORTANT
Without moving a single letter, reading important straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — import, port, ant, imp, ort, tan. The longest unbroken run is import.
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Add one letter to IMPORTANT
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and important opens up 1 10-letter word. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
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
9
Distinct
8
Vowels
33%
I, O, A
Consonants
67%
M, P, R, T, N, T
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Solving IMPORTANT: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters important?
Rearranging the 9 letters in important produces 280 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 9-letter answer important here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does important have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, important rearranges into exactly one word: important.
What is the longest word you can make from important?
The longest solution is important at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from important?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: important yields aim, ain, air, ait, ami, amp, ani, ant, apo and apt. 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 important scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, important is the top scorer from important at 13 points, followed by protamin (12), maintop (11) and ptomain (11). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside important?
Read left to right without moving any letters and important already contains 6 shorter words: import, port, ant, imp, ort and tan. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is import. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.