Unscramble ENGS and you have 12 words, ENGS itself among them: it scores 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 5 points: GENS and NEGS. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
E1N12G23S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ENGS by length: 3 with 4 letters, 6 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Keep every letter of ENGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with EN · ending in GS · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to ENGS:
ENGS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ENGS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 12) | 12 | 12 | 10 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
2 of the 12 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NEGS and NEG.
Each word below uses all the letters of ENGS and one more.