301 words come out when you unscramble CLEANSING, starting with CLEANSING itself: 12 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of CLEANSING is on the page: CLEANINGS, each 12 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CLEANSING split into 2 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among 35 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CLEANSING, the top score is 10, reached by 14. LEASING, SCALING and SEALING are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words from CLEANSING; 10 of them share the top score of 9. SINGLE, SIGNAL and GLANCE are everyday picks.
9 of 60 5-letter words made with CLEANSING letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. SCALE, CLEAN and ANGEL will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CLEANSING, 7 score 7 points, the group's best. CASE, NICE and GAIN are the ones most people know.
CAG and CIG are the top 3-letter words from CLEANSING, 6 points each. CAN, AGE and GAS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CLEANSING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
CLEANSING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CLEANSING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEANSING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 301) | 236 | 298 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ELANCING, ALGESIC, CANGLES, SCENING, CANGLE, ANCILE, ANCLES, CANGS, ENIACS, GINNELS, INCLES, NEALING and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CLEANINGS, CANINGS, CLEGS, INCELS, INNAGES, LIGNANS, CIGS, CLEG, INCEL, INNAGE, LIGNAN, CALS and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCIES, NANCES and NANCE, 3 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CLEANSING and one more.