Unscramble CRANKLING and you have 182 words, CRANKLING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. CRANKING and CLANKING are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CRANKLING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 16 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 12 with 2.
CAKING scores highest among the 6-letter words from CRANKLING at 13 points, ahead of CALKIN and NICKAR on 12. RACING, CARING and GARLIC are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CRANKLING are led by CLANK, CLINK and CRANK, 11 points each. GRAIN, ALIGN and CIGAR are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words made with CRANKLING letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. LINK, GIRL and KING will look familiar.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CRANKLING are led by ACK and ICK, 9 points each. CAN, CAR and AIR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of CRANKLING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CR · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What CRANKLING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CRANKLING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRANKLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 142 | 182 | 131 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
40 of the 182 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRAKING, LANKING, NICKAR, ARKING, AKING, GLAIK, KAING, KLANG, KRANG, RANCING, KANG, KNAG and 28 more. 11 of the 182 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ACK, GANK, KRAI, LARNING, LIGNAN, CIG, CRIA, KI, CAL, GI and RAI.