Unscramble ENCOURAGING and you have 346 words, ENCOURAGING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from ENCOURAGING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 6 with 9, 19 with 8, 54 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 10 letters.
EGGCORN, GEORGIC and GRACING share the top score of 11 among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ENCOURAGING. ORGANIC, RANGING and REUNION are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 6-letter words from ENCOURAGING tie at 10 points; none scores more. RACING, CARING and GINGER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ENCOURAGING, 18 score 8 points, the group's best. GOING, CANON and GRACE are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 4-letter words from ENCOURAGING tie at 7 points; none scores more. CARE, ONCE and NICE will look familiar.
The 3-letter words in ENCOURAGING are led by CAG, CIG and COG, 6 points each. CAN, CAR and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ENCOURAGING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EN · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CONGAING, ENCAGING and UNCAGING (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ENCOURAGING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENCOURAGING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 346) | 257 | 346 | 238 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 89 of them: CONGRUING, ENGRACING, RACEGOING, CARGOING, CONGEING, ENRACING, RENAGUING, UNGEARING, AGOGIC, CERNING, COGGER, COGGIE and 77 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: EGGCORN, GUNGIER, CANOER, CONURE, GUNNERA, CAURI, GUAC, ACRO, CIG, CRIA, RAGG, CRU and 7 more.
This word takes every letter of ENCOURAGING plus a single extra one.