Unscramble CONFIGURING and you have 220 words, CONFIGURING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. FROUNCING and INFORCING are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CONFIGURING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 9 with 8, 24 with 7, 22 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 10 letters.
COIFING and FORCING are the top 7-letter words from CONFIGURING, 13 points each. RINGING, IRONING and CORNING will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONFIGURING, FUNGIC leads with 12 points, then UNIFIC on 11 and FINING on 10. ORIGIN, FIRING and URGING are the familiar ones.
FICIN tops the 5-letter words in CONFIGURING at 10 points; next come FUGIO and FUNGI on 9. GOING, UNION and INCUR will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with CONFIGURING letters, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. INFO, FOUR and RING are the ones most people know.
Among 50 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CONFIGURING, the top score is 7, reached by 4. RUN, FUN and INN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CONFIGURING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FROUNCING (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONFIGURING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONFIGURING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 220) | 166 | 218 | 154 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INFORCING, COFIRING, CONGRUING, FUNGOING, GRICING, COURING, CRINING, FROING, GIRONIC, CONF, FIORIN, GRONING and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UNIRONIC, GIF, CIG, CRU, IGG, INRUN, RONIN, NONI, NUG, ORG, GI, UNI and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: GRINGO. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.