166 words come out when you unscramble CHALANNING, starting with CHALANNING itself: 16 in Scrabble, 21 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.
By length, the words from CHALANNING split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 39 with 5, 49 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in CHALANNING: CHALANING, 15 points.
5 of 39 5-letter words from CHALANNING tie at 11 points; none scores more. AGAIN, CHINA and CHAIN will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in CHALANNING, GACH leads with 10 points, then CHAI and CHAL on 9. INCH, GAIN and HANG are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CHALANNING but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LANCHING (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CHALANNING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALANNING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 126 | 166 | 106 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHALANNING, CHALANING, CHAGAN, CHANGA, CHALAN, GANCH, LINCH, ANIGH, CAAING, CHAL, HANGI, NACH and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LANCHING, CHAGA, CHANNA, CHING, GINCH, CHANA, GACH, LANCH, AHING, CHAI, LIGNAN, ACAI and 8 more, 20 in all.