Unscramble ENCOURAGE and you have 245 words, ENCOURAGE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 8 reach 10 points, COURAGE, ACROGEN and COGENER among them. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ENCOURAGE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 12 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 30 6-letter words in ENCOURAGE, the top score is 9, reached by 8. ORANGE, ENCORE and COUGAR are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from ENCOURAGE; 9 of them share the top score of 8. RANGE, GREEN and AGREE are everyday picks.
5 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ENCOURAGE tie at 7 points; none scores more. CARE, ONCE and RACE will look familiar.
CAG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words from ENCOURAGE. ARE, CAN and CAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ENCOURAGE for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with EN · ending in GE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; ACROGEN and COURAGE (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ENCOURAGE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENCOURAGE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 177 | 245 | 163 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
68 of the 245 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COGENER, CONGREE, CONGRUE, CORNAGE, ENGRACE, URGENCE, CORNEAE, COUGAN, CERGE, COGUE, EARCON, ENRACE and 56 more. 14 of the 245 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CANOER, CONURE, OUNCER, GUAC, ACRO, AGRO, AREG, CRU, ECO, GEAN, NEG, NUG and 2 more.
With one more tile, the letters of ENCOURAGE spell the words below.