286 words come out when you unscramble BLOCKADING, starting with BLOCKADING itself: 20 in Scrabble, 25 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BLOCKADING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 28 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 7-letter words in BLOCKADING are led by BACKING, BACKLOG and BOCKING, 16 points each. LOADING, LOCKING and LACKING are the familiar ones.
The best of the 6-letter words from BLOCKADING is KINCOB, 14 points; BAKING and BODKIN on 13 follow. CODING, DIALOG and LIGAND are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BLOCKADING are led by BLACK and BLOCK, 13 points each. LOGIC, BLANK and BLIND are the familiar ones.
BACK and BOCK are the top 4-letter words made with BLOCKADING letters, 12 points each. LINK, BANK and KING will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BLOCKADING, the top score is 9, reached by 5. CAN, BIG and GOD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BLOCKADING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with BL · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What BLOCKADING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BLOCKADING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOCKADING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 223 | 286 | 203 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOCKING, DACKING, BOAKING, CLOKING, KINCOB, BOKING, KOBANG, INLOCK, OAKLING, DACK, KOBAN, NIKAB and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KAONIC, BLADING, BOGLAND, BOINK, BOLDING, KINDA, ACK, GANK, LOCING, BANC, BLING, CNIDA and 8 more, 20 in all.
This word takes every letter of BLOCKADING plus a single extra one.