142 words come out when you unscramble EXAMINING, starting with EXAMINING itself: 19 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MIXING and MAXING lead with 16 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXAMINING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 15 with 6, 20 with 5, 46 with 4, 37 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among 46 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXAMINING, the top score is 13, reached by 4. NAME, GAME and MAIN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EXAMINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
EXAMINING 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 EXAMINING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXAMINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 108 | 141 | 98 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: MIXEN, AMENING, MAINING, MEINING, GEMINI, MENING, MINGE, MINNIE, EANING, EGMA, INGINE, MANG and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: MAXING, EXING, INNAGE, MEGA, MANI, MEG, GEAN, INNIE, NEG and GI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: AMEX.