Unscramble CLOURING and you have 161 words, CLOURING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. CURLING and COURING are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CLOURING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 31 with 5, 56 with 4, 43 with 3 and 16 with 2.
8 of 31 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLOURING tie at 8 points; none scores more. LOGIC, INCUR and CORGI will look familiar.
The 4-letter words from CLOURING are led by CLOG and CROG, 7 points each. LONG, GIRL and RING are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CLOURING, CIG and COG tie for first at 6 points. RUN, LOG and OIL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CLOURING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CL · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
CLOURING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CLOURING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOURING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 120 | 160 | 108 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COURING, ULICON, CORNI, CROG, CURLI, LORIC, LORING, LOUING, CIRL, CLOU, COUR, CRON and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LOCING, CIG, LOGIN, CRU, LOC, NUG, ORG, GI, LOR, LUN, UNI and OI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.
These 4 words take every letter of CLOURING plus a single extra one.