Unscramble EMERYING and you have 143 words, EMERYING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is GEMINY, 12 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EMERYING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 14 with 6, 29 with 5, 42 with 4, 42 with 3 and 13 with 2.
GERMY, GRIMY and MINGY are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EMERYING, 11 points each. GREEN, GENRE and ENEMY will look familiar.
The 4-letter words from EMERYING are led by MINY, MIRY and RIMY, 9 points each. RING, GENE and MINE are the familiar ones.
GYM scores highest among the 3-letter words made with EMERYING letters at 9 points, ahead of NYM on 8 and GEY on 7. MEN, EYE and RIM are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of EMERYING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with EM · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GERMY, GRIMY and MINGY (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts EMERYING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMERYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 99 | 143 | 92 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 143 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMERYING, GEMINY, MEINEY, MENYIE, MEERING, GERMIN, GEYER, MERING, MINGER, MINY, MENGE, MINGE and 32 more. 7 of the 143 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GYNIE, EMERG, MEG, REGIE, YER, NEG and GI.
This word takes every letter of EMERYING plus a single extra one.