Unscramble AMISSING and you have 137 words, AMISSING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1M34I1S1S1I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from AMISSING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 26 with 5, 49 with 4, 36 with 3 and 12 with 2.
6 of 26 5-letter words you get when you unscramble AMISSING tie at 8 points; none scores more. SIGNS, SIGMA and GAINS will look familiar.
49 4-letter words from AMISSING; 7 of them share the top score of 7. SIGN, MAIN and MINI are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of AMISSING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AM · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MASSING and MISSING (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: AMISSING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMISSING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 105 | 137 | 96 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AMISSING, MASING, GISMS, MANGS, MINGS, GISM, MANG, MING, MISSA, SAIMS, SIMIS, MNAS and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MANIS, MANI, SIGNA, SIGS, AGS, GIS, SIG, GI and SAN, 9 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of AMISSING plus a single extra one.