Unscramble ACKNOWLEDGED and you have 337 words, ACKNOWLEDGED itself among them: it scores 24 in Scrabble and 28 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ACKNOWLEDGED by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 3 with 9, 10 with 8, 50 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with ACKNOWLEDGED letters: ACKNOWLEDGE, for 22 points.
KNOWLEDGED tops the 10-letter words in ACKNOWLEDGED at 20 points; next comes DECADELONG on 15.
Among the 7-letter words from ACKNOWLEDGED, WEDLOCK leads with 17 points, then DAGLOCK and DECKLED on 15. CLEANED, ENCODED and ENDOWED are the familiar ones.
COWKED and WACKED are the top 6-letter words in ACKNOWLEDGED, 16 points each. WALKED, LOCKED and LACKED will look familiar.
The 5-letter words made with ACKNOWLEDGED letters are led by WACKE and WACKO, 14 points each. NAKED, CODED and ANKLE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ACKNOWLEDGED tie at 13 points; none scores more. KNOW, WEEK and WALK will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from ACKNOWLEDGED, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. NEW, NOW and ADD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ACKNOWLEDGED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with AC · ending in ED · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; GENLOCKED and WEDLOCK (17 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ACKNOWLEDGED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKNOWLEDGED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 337) | 249 | 336 | 229 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
88 of the 337 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KNOWLEDGED, COWKED, ACKNEW, ACKNOW, DECKLED, DECKOED, DECOKED, ENLOCKED, DACKED, WELKED, CAWK, CLOKED and 76 more. 19 of the 337 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GENLOCKED, WACKED, GENLOCK, WANKED, WEAKON, CANKLE, GANKED, KNAWE, LEWK, WANK, OAKED, ACK and 7 more. 1 of the 337 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: DECADELONG.