133 words come out when you unscramble APPAIRING, starting with APPAIRING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are RIPPING, RAPPING and PARPING, 12 points each. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from APPAIRING split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 25 with 5, 44 with 4, 32 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 8 letters.
NAPPA tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble APPAIRING at 9 points; next come APGAR and APING on 8. AGAIN, GRAIN and PAGAN will look familiar.
Among 44 4-letter words from APPAIRING, the top score is 8, reached by 5. RING, PAIN and GAIN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of APPAIRING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AP · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with RAPPING and RIPPING (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: APPAIRING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPAIRING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 133) | 105 | 133 | 95 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
28 of the 133 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: APPAIRING, PARPING, APPAIR, AIRGAP, APGAR, GRAIP, PAGRI, PARP, PIPI, RIPP, NAGARI, PIRAI and 16 more. 10 of the 133 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NAPPA, PIPA, APP, PIANI, PRANA, NAPA, PAAN, NAGA, GI and RAI.
This word takes every letter of APPAIRING plus a single extra one.