Unscramble ALARMING and you have 197 words, ALARMING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: MARGINAL. Of the shorter words, MARLING leads with 10 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ALARMING split into 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 25 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 25 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALARMING, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. ANIMAL, MARGIN and MARINA are the ones most people know.
47 5-letter words from ALARMING; 5 of them share the top score of 8. AGAIN, ALARM and MARIA are everyday picks.
10 of 60 4-letter words made with ALARMING letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. MAIL, MAIN and GIRL will look familiar.
GAM, MAG and MIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ALARMING. MAN, AIR and MAR are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of ALARMING, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with AL · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
ALARMING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALARMING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALARMING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 197) | 162 | 197 | 150 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INGRAM, MAAING, MANGAL, AGAMI, ALMAIN, ARLING, ARMIL, GARIAL, LANGAR, MANG, MINAR, MING and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RAILMAN, LARIGAN, MANGA, GLAM, MARG, RAMAL, RAMIN, MANI, MARA, NAGA, GI and RAI, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALARMING and one more.