Unscramble FLANCHING and you have 148 words, FLANCHING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FLANCHING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 31 with 5, 45 with 4, 41 with 3 and 16 with 2.
LANCHING is the only one of the 8-letter words made with FLANCHING letters; it scores 14 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FLANCHING, FILCH and FINCH tie for first at 13 points. CHINA, FINAL and CHAIN are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from FLANCHING are led by GACH and HALF, 10 points each. INCH, FLAG and GAIN are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of FLANCHING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with FL · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHAFING (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FLANCHING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLANCHING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 148) | 117 | 146 | 99 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FLANCHING, FLANCH, FINNAC, FLANING, GANCH, FINGAN, LINCH, ANIGH, CHAL, HANGI, NACH, ACH and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LANCHING, CHING, GINCH, FINCA, GACH, LANCH, AHING, CHAI, FAH, CAF, FINNA, GIF and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI, 2 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of FLANCHING plus a single extra one.