Unscramble ENGINING to get 28 words. ENGINING itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. GINNING and GENNING are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
E1N12G23I1N12I1N12G23
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ENGINING split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 3 with 5, 4 with 4, 11 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of ENGINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EN · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
ENGINING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ENGINING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 28) | 22 | 28 | 17 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
6 of the 28 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GINGE, INGINE, GING, GINN, ING and NIE. 5 of the 28 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GENNING, IGG, INNIE, NEG and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of ENGINING and one more.