354 words come out when you unscramble ANCHYLOSING, starting with ANCHYLOSING itself: 20 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ANCHYLOSING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 20 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 10 letters.
LYNCHINGS is the only one of the 9-letter words made with ANCHYLOSING letters; it scores 18 points.
5 of 60 7-letter words from ANCHYLOSING tie at 15 points; none scores more. CLOSING, SCALING and CLONING will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ANCHYLOSING, COYISH and ONYCHA tie for first at 14 points. SAYING, CANYON and CHAINS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words made with ANCHYLOSING letters, the top score is 13, reached by 4. CHINA, CHAIN and CHAOS are the familiar ones.
ACHY, CHAY and LYCH share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ANCHYLOSING. CASH, INCH and HOLY are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from ANCHYLOSING; 4 of them share the top score of 9. HAS, ANY and GAY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ANCHYLOSING but one, change that one, and you get:
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The meaning of ANCHYLOSING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ANCHYLOSING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCHYLOSING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 354) | 289 | 350 | 242 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 64 of them: ONYCHIAS, ONYCHAS, ONYCHIA, ONYCHA, ACHINGS, GASHLY, HOYING, HYLIC, LICHANOS, NIGHLY, CLYING, NIHONGAS and 52 more. Words With Friends* skips 48 of them: ANCHYLOSING, LANCHING, LINHAYS, SCHLONG, CHINGS, LINHAY, LOCHIAS, LYCH, ANCHOS, CHING, CHOILS, CHOLAS and 36 more. Scrabble UK skips 3 of them: GOYISH, GOYS and GOY. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: NANCY.