Unscramble ENGRIEVING and you have 172 words, ENGRIEVING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. REVENGING is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ENGRIEVING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 7 with 8, 24 with 7, 28 with 6, 38 with 5, 33 with 4, 33 with 3 and 7 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with ENGRIEVING letters: REVENGING, 14 points.
VEGGIER, VENGING and VERGING share the top score of 12 among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ENGRIEVING. EVENING and RINGING are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words from ENGRIEVING are led by GIVING and VEGGIE, 11 points each. ENGINE, VIRGIN and GINGER are the familiar ones.
7 of 38 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ENGRIEVING tie at 9 points; none scores more. NEVER, GIVEN and GREEN will look familiar.
GIVE scores highest among the 4-letter words from ENGRIEVING at 8 points, ahead of EEVN and EREV on 7. EVEN, EVER and RING are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ENGRIEVING for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with EN · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by REVENGING (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ENGRIEVING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGRIEVING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 121 | 172 | 113 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
51 of the 172 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENGRIEVING, ENERVING, VEGGIER, EEVNING, RIEVING, ENRIVEN, GREINING, VEGIER, VENGER, VIRING, GERNING, GREVE and 39 more. 8 of the 172 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EGGIER, REGIE, VIN, IGG, INNIE, NINER, NEG and GI.