Unscramble ECHIDNINES and you have 231 words, ECHIDNINES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ECHIDNINES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 17 with 7, 34 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 16 with 2.
ECHIDNINE is the only one of the 9-letter words made with ECHIDNINES letters; it scores 15 points.
4 of 17 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ECHIDNINES tie at 13 points; none scores more. INDICES and INCENSE will look familiar.
Of the 34 6-letter words from ECHIDNINES, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. INSIDE, INCHES and INDIES are the ones most people know.
4 of 54 5-letter words from ECHIDNINES tie at 11 points; none scores more. NEEDS, SCENE and HENCE will look familiar.
CHID and DICH share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words in ECHIDNINES. NEED, NICE and INCH are the ones most people know.
Among 46 3-letter words made with ECHIDNINES letters, the top score is 8, reached by 5. SEE, END and INN are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of ECHIDNINES for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHINNED, CHINSED, DEHISCE and SCHNEID (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts ECHIDNINES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECHIDNINES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 170 | 231 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ECHIDNINES, ECHIDNINE, CHINESE, NICEISH, DENCH, ICHED, NICISH, DICH, HENNED, HENNIES, ICHES, INCEDES and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHINSED, SCHNEID, CHINSE, DESHI, HINNIE, SIDHE, SIDH, SHEN, INNIES, DENI, DESI, INNIE and 2 more, 14 in all.
This word takes every letter of ECHIDNINES plus a single extra one.