Jumble solved
Is PETRIFICATION a word? Yes.
PETRIFICATION is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 13 letters, worth 20 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 930 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 930
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 13 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 6 : 7
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 6 vowels (E, I, I, A, I, O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 7 remaining consonants (P, T, R, F, C, T, N).
Anagrams of PETRIFICATION
One word uses all 13 letters:
- petrification
13-letter words
1 word found12-letter words
1 word found11-letter words
3 words found10-letter words
4 words found9-letter words
12 words found8-letter words
46 words found- pacifier15
- pontific15
- aperitif13
- artifice13
- confetti13
- fraction13
- friction13
- infector13
- panforte13
- pinafore13
- trifecta13
- apocrine12
- caponier12
- coparent12
- entropic12
+ 31 more 8-letter words
7-letter words
104 words found- coinfer12
- conifer12
- faction12
- fancier12
- fiction12
- firepan12
- firepit12
- firepot12
- frantic12
- infarct12
- infract12
- orifice12
- piefort12
- profane12
- apnoeic11
+ 89 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
165 words found- confer11
- confit11
- factor11
- farcie11
- fiacre11
- fiance11
- fracti11
- franco11
- fricot11
- infect11
- profit11
- apneic10
- atopic10
- capote10
- captor10
+ 150 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
208 words found+ 193 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
226 words found+ 211 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
128 words found+ 113 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
32 words found+ 17 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside PETRIFICATION
Without moving a single letter, reading petrification straight through uncovers 5 shorter words — cation, cat, ion, pet, rif. The longest unbroken run is cation.
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Shorter words inside PETRIFICATION — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to PETRIFICATION
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and petrification opens up 2 14-letter words. 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
13
Distinct
10
Vowels
46%
E, I, I, A, I, O
Consonants
54%
P, T, R, F, C, T, N
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Solving PETRIFICATION: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters petrification?
Rearranging the 13 letters in petrification produces 930 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 13-letter answer petrification here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does petrification have any anagrams?
Using all 13 letters, petrification rearranges into exactly one word: petrification.
What is the longest word you can make from petrification?
The longest solution is petrification at 13 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from petrification?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: petrification yields ace, act, aft, ain, air, ait, 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 petrification scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, petrification is the top scorer from petrification at 20 points, followed by petrifaction (19), pontificate (18) and proficient (17). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside petrification?
Read left to right without moving any letters and petrification already contains 5 shorter words: cation, cat, ion, pet and rif. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is cation. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.