Unscramble CRINGLE and you have 90 words, CRINGLE itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of CRINGLE is on the page: CLINGER, each 10 points. The strongest shorter words are CRINGE and CERING, 9 points each. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. CRINGLE as a single 7-tile play makes 60 in Scrabble, 10 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CRINGLE by length: 2 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 17 with 5, 31 with 4, 27 with 3 and 8 with 2.
CLEG tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CRINGLE at 7 points; next come CEIL and CIEL on 6. LINE, GIRL and NICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CRINGLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with CR · ending in LE · all 7-letter words
What CRINGLE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CRINGLE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRINGLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 67 | 90 | 62 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GRICE, CRINE, GIRNEL, INCLE, LERING, CIEL, CIRL, ERIC, ERING, GREIN, ICER, LIGNE and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CLEG, INCEL, CIG, NEG and GI, 5 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CRINGLE and one more.