Unscramble ANSWERING and you have 308 words, ANSWERING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
A1N12S1W4E1R1I1N12G23
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ANSWERING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 8, 37 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
37 7-letter words in ANSWERING; 13 of them share the top score of 11. WARNING, WINNERS and WEARING are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ANSWERING, the top score is 10, reached by 20. ANSWER, WINNER and RANGES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from ANSWERING, 16 score 9 points, the group's best. WINGS, SWING and GAINS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from ANSWERING; 10 of them share the top score of 8. NEWS, WINE and GAIN are everyday picks.
GAW, WAG and WIG are the top 3-letter words in ANSWERING, 7 points each. ARE, NEW and WAS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ANSWERING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with AN · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
ANSWERING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANSWERING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSWERING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 308) | 239 | 308 | 228 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
69 of the 308 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WEANINGS, WEARINGS, GAWSIER, NEWSING, RAWINGS, SWANNIER, WANINGS, ASWING, NEWING, RAWING, SWANNIE, WINGES and 57 more. 11 of the 308 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GWINE, INNAGES, INNAGE, GEANS, AREG, EW, AGS, GIS, NEG, SIG and GI.
These 2 words take every letter of ANSWERING plus a single extra one.