Unscramble CRANKISH to get 221 words. CRANKISH itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CRANKISH by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 15 with 2.
7 of 24 6-letter words in CRANKISH tie at 15 points; none scores more. CHAIRS, CHAINS and SHRINK will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CRANKISH, 9 score 14 points, the group's best. CHINA, CHAIR and CHAIN are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from CRANKISH, CHIK, HACK and HICK tie for first at 13 points. RISK, CASH and RICH are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words from CRANKISH, KHI leads with 10 points, then ACK and ICK on 9. CAN, HAS and CAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CRANKISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CR · ending in SH · all 8-letter words
CRANKISH first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CRANKISH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRANKISH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 178 | 221 | 160 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
43 of the 221 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHANKS, CHANK, CHIKS, CHIK, NICKARS, CHINARS, NICKAR, CHINAR, HASK, KISH, SAICK, CHAS and 31 more. 18 of the 221 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HAICKS, HAICK, NIKAHS, SHIKRA, NIKAH, ARCHI, CHAIS, ICKS, ACK, CHAI, KRAIS, KRAI and 6 more.
This word takes every letter of CRANKISH plus a single extra one.