Unscramble EXISTING and you have 142 words, EXISTING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. EXITING and SEXTING are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EXISTING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 29 with 5, 47 with 4, 37 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXISTING, EXING leads with 13 points, then EXIST and EXITS on 12. STEIN, STING and GENTS are the familiar ones.
Of the 47 4-letter words from EXISTING, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. SITE, NEXT and SIGN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXISTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The meaning of EXISTING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXISTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXISTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 120 | 142 | 103 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: TEX, GEIST, GEITS, TIGES, TINIES, GEIT, INGS, SIENT, SNIG, TIGE, TIGS, ENTS and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: SEXTING, EXING, NEXTS, TIX, STINGE, GITES, GITE, NEGS, TEINS, GIS, NEG, SIG and 5 more.