Unscramble ACKNOWLEDGE and you have 309 words, ACKNOWLEDGE itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ACKNOWLEDGE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 3 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 10 letters.
WEDLOCK tops the 7-letter words from ACKNOWLEDGE at 17 points; next come DAGLOCK and DOCKAGE on 15. CLEANED and GLANCED will look familiar.
COWKED and WACKED share the top score of 16 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ACKNOWLEDGE. WALKED, LOCKED and CANDLE are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words in ACKNOWLEDGE are led by WACKE and WACKO, 14 points each. NAKED, ANKLE and WEDGE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words made with ACKNOWLEDGE letters; 4 of them share the top score of 13. KNOW, WEEK and WALK are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ACKNOWLEDGE, the top score is 10, reached by 5. NEW, NOW and OWN are the familiar ones.
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GENLOCKED and WEDLOCK (17 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ACKNOWLEDGE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKNOWLEDGE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 309) | 231 | 309 | 208 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
78 of the 309 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COWKED, ACKNEW, ACKNOW, ENLOCKED, WELKED, CAWK, CLOKED, COWK, DECOKE, DOCKEN, EWKED, KAWED and 66 more. 23 of the 309 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GENLOCKED, WACKED, GENLOCK, WANKED, WEAKON, CANKLE, GANKED, KNAWE, LEWK, WANK, GLACED, LAWNED and 11 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of ACKNOWLEDGE and one more.