180 words come out when you unscramble ACHIEVING, starting with ACHIEVING itself: 18 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CHIVING, 16 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ACHIEVING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 18 with 6, 37 with 5, 55 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with ACHIEVING letters: VICINAGE, 14 points.
CHAVE and CHIVE share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ACHIEVING. GIVEN, CHINA and CHAIN are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in ACHIEVING, CHAV and CHIV tie for first at 12 points. HAVE, EACH and GIVE are everyday picks.
Of the 48 3-letter words made with ACHIEVING letters, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. CAN, AGE and VAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ACHIEVING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AC · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of ACHIEVING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ACHIEVING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACHIEVING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 137 | 180 | 123 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHIVING, CHEVIN, CHAVE, VEGANIC, CHAV, CHIV, ICHING, GANCH, INCAVE, INCAVI, CANEH, EAVING and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHING, GINCH, GACH, AHING, CHAI, VIGIA, VEGA, AHI, CIG, NAV, VIN, GEAN and 2 more, 14 in all.
This word takes every letter of ACHIEVING plus a single extra one.