304 words come out when you unscramble CHALLENGING, starting with CHALLENGING itself: 18 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CHANGELING, 17 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CHALLENGING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 16 with 8, 32 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with CHALLENGING letters: CHANGELING, for 17 points.
CHANGING and GANCHING are the top 8-letter words in CHALLENGING, 15 points each. CLEANING, ALLEGING and LEACHING will look familiar.
GACHING scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CHALLENGING at 14 points, ahead of LECHING on 13 and CHALLIE on 12. CHANNEL, CALLING and HEALING are the ones most people know.
CHIGGA tops the 6-letter words from CHALLENGING at 13 points; next come ACHING and CHANGE on 12. GLANCE, CANINE and AGEING will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHALLENGING; 4 of them share the top score of 11. CHINA, CLEAN and CHAIN are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from CHALLENGING, GACH leads with 10 points, then ACHE and CHAI on 9. EACH, CALL and CELL are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 3-letter words in CHALLENGING tie at 8 points; none scores more. ALL, CAN and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CHALLENGING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CH · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
What CHALLENGING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CHALLENGING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALLENGING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 304) | 237 | 303 | 215 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
66 of the 304 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GANCHING, CHIGGA, CANGLING, ELANCING, GANCH, HALLING, CANEH, ELCHI, ELLAGIC, HELING, LINCH, NACHE and 54 more. 23 of the 304 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GACHING, LANCHING, CHING, GINCH, GACH, LANCH, AHING, CHAI, EAGLING, GALING, GANGLE, NIGELLA and 11 more. 1 of the 304 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE.