Unscramble CARESSING and you have 317 words, CARESSING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CARESSING split into 1 with 9 letters, 14 with 8, 45 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
12 of 45 7-letter words in CARESSING tie at 10 points; none scores more. SINGERS, ARSENIC and RESIGNS will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CARESSING; 14 of them share the top score of 9. RACING, CARING and ASSIGN are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from CARESSING, the top score is 8, reached by 12. CASES, GRACE and ACRES are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words in CARESSING tie at 7 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and CARS will look familiar.
CAG and CIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words made with CARESSING letters. ARE, CAN and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CARESSING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What CARESSING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CARESSING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARESSING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 247 | 317 | 230 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: CEASINGS, GRECIANS, SEARCING, CERASINS, GRECIAN, CERASIN, CRAIGS, GRICES, SCRINES, SEARINGS, AGNISES, AGRISES and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: ARCINGS, CARINGS, CASSINE, SCRANS, CIGS, CRIAS, SARNIES, SCRAN, CIG, CRIA, AREG, AGS and 5 more.
These 7 words take every letter of CARESSING plus a single extra one.