176 words come out when you unscramble ANGINOUS, starting with ANGINOUS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GANOINS, GUANINS and SAGOUIN lead with 8 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ANGINOUS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 23 with 5, 59 with 4, 53 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 59 4-letter words from ANGINOUS, the top score is 5, reached by 34. SIGN, SONG and GAIN are the familiar ones.
23 of 53 3-letter words from ANGINOUS tie at 4 points; none scores more. SUN, AGO and GAS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ANGINOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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What ANGINOUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ANGINOUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGINOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 123 | 176 | 105 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: GANOINS, SAGOUIN, GANOIN, INGANS, NGAIOS, SAGOIN, SAGUIN, UNGAIN, INGAN, NGAIO, NONGS, SANGO and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: UNSNAG, GONNA, SIGNA, NANOS, NONIS, NUGS, AGS, GIS, GOS, NANO, NONI, NUG and 6 more.
This word takes every letter of ANGINOUS plus a single extra one.