285 words come out when you unscramble EMPAIRING, starting with EMPAIRING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EMPAIRING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 23 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 23 7-letter words made with EMPAIRING letters, 11 score 12 points, the group's best. IMAGINE, PAIRING and PRIMING are the ones most people know.
6 of 56 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EMPAIRING tie at 11 points; none scores more. MARINE, REMAIN and MARGIN will look familiar.
GRAMP scores highest among the 5-letter words from EMPAIRING at 10 points, ahead of PANIM and PRIMA on 9. IMAGE, PRIME and ANIME are the ones most people know.
GAMP and GIMP are the top 4-letter words from EMPAIRING, 9 points each. PAGE, NAME and GAME will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in EMPAIRING, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. MAP, MAN and MEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EMPAIRING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EM · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by IMPINGER (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts EMPAIRING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPAIRING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 231 | 285 | 217 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPAIRING, EMPARING, PIGMEAN, PIGMAN, PIGMEN, GERMAIN, MEARING, PAINIM, PIEMAN, PREMIA, GAPIER, GEMINI and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AMPING, EMPING, PERMIAN, MARG, MEGA, MIRIN, PAREN, PIANI, RAMEN, RAMIN, MANI, MEG and 2 more, 14 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of EMPAIRING and one more.