Unscramble EMPOLDERING and you have 373 words, EMPOLDERING itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. PREMOLDING is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from EMPOLDERING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 9 with 9, 29 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
The best of the 10-letter words in EMPOLDERING is PREMOLDING, 16 points; REMODELING on 14 follows.
The best of the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble EMPOLDERING is IMPLEDGE, 14 points; EMPLONGE and EMPOLDER on 13 follow. MODELING is an everyday pick.
Of the 60 7-letter words from EMPOLDERING, 13 score 12 points, the group's best. MOLDING, PEERING and PEELING are the ones most people know.
GIMPED tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EMPOLDERING at 12 points; next come DEPERM and DIMPLE on 11. EMPIRE, PLEDGE and MERGED will look familiar.
IMPED and MOPED share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from EMPOLDERING. MODEL, PRIME and GNOME are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in EMPOLDERING, DIMP and GIMP tie for first at 9 points. MIND, MODE and DEEP are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with EMPOLDERING letters are led by IMP, MOP and POM, 7 points each. MEN, GOD and PRO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EMPOLDERING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EM · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PREMOLDING (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EMPOLDERING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPOLDERING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 373) | 285 | 373 | 264 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPOLDERING, EMPLONGED, EMPLONGE, EMPOLDER, GOLDMINER, IMPOLDER, POLDERING, DELOPING, DEPRIME, DIPLOGEN, IMPEDOR, LIEGEDOM and 76 more, 88 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEMOING, DOGPILE, EMPING, GERMLINE, IMPLED, DEMINER, GORMED, LEMONIER, IMPRO, DEMOI, EMERG, GOMER and 9 more, 21 in all.