Unscramble EMBOXING and you have 134 words, EMBOXING itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BOXING, BEMIX and EMBOX lead with 16 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EMBOXING split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 23 with 5, 34 with 4, 50 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 7 letters.
IBEX, MINX and OXIM share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EMBOXING. GONE, MINE and BONE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from EMBOXING, BOX and MIX tie for first at 12 points. ONE, BIG and MEN are everyday picks.
These 5 words have the length of EMBOXING, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with EM · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BEMIX and BOXING (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EMBOXING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMBOXING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 134) | 96 | 134 | 86 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: EMBOXING, EMBOX, BONXIE, BOXEN, MIXEN, BOGMEN, EMBOG, EXO, NOX, MOBIE, EMONG, MINGE and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: INBOX, EXING, BING, BIOG, MEG, EMO, MOI, NEG, GI and OI.