Unscramble BURNISHING and you have 217 words, BURNISHING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BRUSHING, 14 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BURNISHING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 7 with 8, 18 with 7, 19 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in BURNISHING: INRUSHING, 13 points.
BUSHING scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble BURNISHING at 13 points, ahead of BRINISH and BURNISH on 12. NURSING, BURNING and SHINING are the ones most people know.
BRUGH and BURGH are the top 5-letter words made with BURNISHING letters, 11 points each. USING, BRING and RINGS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BURNISHING, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. BUSH, BUGS and RUSH are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words from BURNISHING is HUB, 8 points; GHI and HUG on 7 follow. BIG, SUN and RUN are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of BURNISHING, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with BU · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What BURNISHING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BURNISHING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNISHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 172 | 217 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIRINGS, INBRINGS, SHIRING, BIRSING, INBRING, HINGS, RUININGS, BINGS, GIBUS, HING, RUBINS, SIRIH and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INRUSHING, BRUHS, BISH, BRUH, BRUNG, SHIUR, BING, INRUNS, INRUN, GIS, NUG, SIG and 2 more, 14 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BURNISHING and one more.