Unscramble CHASTISING to get 299 words. CHASTISING itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. SCAITHING is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 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 CHASTISING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 11 with 8, 27 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in CHASTISING: SCAITHING, 15 points.
Among 27 7-letter words from CHASTISING, the top score is 13, reached by 6. INSIGHT, CASTING and CHASING are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CHASTISING tie at 12 points; none scores more. THINGS, NIGHTS and ACTING will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in CHASTISING, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. NIGHT, CHINA and THING are the ones most people know.
GACH tops the 4-letter words made with CHASTISING letters at 10 points; next come CASH and CATH on 9. CHAT, HITS and INCH will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CHASTISING, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. CAN, HAS and ITS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CHASTISING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CH · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What CHASTISING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CHASTISING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHASTISING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 222 | 299 | 189 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 77 of them: SCAITHING, SICHTING, ACHINGS, HASTINGS, ICHING, SCAITHS, GANCH, NICHTS, NICISH, SAINTISH, SCAITH, SCATHS and 65 more. Words With Friends* skips 33 of them: CATHING, CHIANTIS, SHITCANS, CHIANTI, CHINGS, SHITCAN, CHING, GATCH, GINCH, GITCH, CATHS, CHAIS and 21 more.