334 words come out when you unscramble COMPLAINING, starting with COMPLAINING itself: 18 in Scrabble, 25 in Words With Friends. COMPILING and COMPANING are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from COMPLAINING split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 17 with 8, 50 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among the 8-letter words in COMPLAINING, CAMPLING, CLAMPING and CLOMPING tie for first at 15 points. INCOMING, CLAIMING and COMPLAIN are everyday picks.
The 7-letter words from COMPLAINING are led by CAMPING, CAMPONG and COMPING, 14 points each. MAILING, PLACING and NOMINAL are the familiar ones.
COPALM tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPLAINING at 12 points; next come AMPING and CAPING on 11. COMING, MINING and NAMING will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words in COMPLAINING, the top score is 11, reached by 4. CANON, CLAIM and MAGIC are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words made with COMPLAINING letters, CAMP and COMP tie for first at 10 points. PALM, ICON and CLIP are everyday picks.
14 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPLAINING tie at 7 points; none scores more. CAN, MAP and MAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COMPLAINING but one, change that one, and you get:
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What COMPLAINING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. COMPLAINING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPLAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 334) | 277 | 334 | 250 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COMPANING, CAMPLING, MALICING, CLIPING, MALONIC, NIMONIC, OGAMIC, PICONG, PIGMAN, ALGINIC, CONIMA, CONMAN and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AMPING, CAPING, CONLANG, GLAMP, LIPOING, LAMININ, LOCING, MILING, MONIC, MONILIA, PONGAL, CAMI and 15 more, 27 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of COMPLAINING and one more.