Jumble solved
Is PARTICIPLE a word? Yes.
PARTICIPLE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 10 letters, worth 16 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 386 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 386
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (A, I, I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (P, R, T, C, P, L).
participle in a sentence
“By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of PARTICIPLE
One word uses all 10 letters:
- participle
10-letter words
1 word found9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
5 words found7-letter words
28 words found- clapper13
- clipper13
- crappie13
- cripple13
- epicarp13
- priapic13
- aplitic11
- applier11
- caliper11
- lippier11
- paretic11
- pelitic11
- periapt11
- picrate11
- picrite11
+ 13 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
51 words found- capper12
- peptic12
- precip12
- applet10
- caplet10
- carpel10
- carpet10
- epical10
- lapper10
- lappet10
- lipper10
- pacier10
- parcel10
- pepita10
- pipier10
+ 36 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
97 words found+ 82 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
114 words found+ 99 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
71 words found+ 56 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
18 words found+ 3 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside PARTICIPLE
Without moving a single letter, reading participle straight through uncovers 4 shorter words — part, art, par, tic. The longest unbroken run is part.
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Shorter words inside PARTICIPLE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to PARTICIPLE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and participle opens up 1 11-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
10
Distinct
8
Vowels
40%
A, I, I, E
Consonants
60%
P, R, T, C, P, L
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Solving PARTICIPLE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters participle?
Rearranging the 10 letters in participle produces 386 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 participle here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does participle have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, participle rearranges into exactly one word: participle.
What is the longest word you can make from participle?
The longest solution is participle at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from participle?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: participle yields ace, act, ail, air, ait, ale, alp, alt, ape and app. 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.
How is the word "participle" used in a sentence?
Participle is itself a valid word. For example: "By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from participle scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, participle is the top scorer from participle at 16 points, followed by pearlitic (13), clapper (13) and clipper (13). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside participle?
Read left to right without moving any letters and participle already contains 4 shorter words: part, art, par and tic. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is part. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.