25 words come out when you unscramble CHINING, starting with CHINING itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. CHINING has 2 anagrams here, INCHING and NICHING, scoring 13 like CHINING itself. ICHING is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. CHINING as a single 7-tile play makes 63 in Scrabble, 13 plus the 50 bonus, and 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CHINING by length: 3 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 3 with 5, 5 with 4, 9 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words in CHINING: ICHING, for 12 points.
Keep every letter of CHINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with CH · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
What CHINING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHINING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 25) | 20 | 25 | 16 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 5 of them: ICHING, HING, CH, GINN and ING. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: CHING, GINCH, CIG and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of CHINING and one more.