Unscramble FRUSHING and you have 152 words, FRUSHING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FRUSHING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 5 with 6, 22 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 15 with 2.
FRUSH tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FRUSHING at 11 points; next come FRIGS and FRUGS on 9. USING, RINGS and RUINS will look familiar.
FISH scores highest among the 4-letter words from FRUSHING at 10 points, ahead of FIGS and FRIG on 8. SIGN, RING and RUNS are the ones most people know.
Among 46 3-letter words made with FRUSHING letters, the top score is 7, reached by 6. SUN, RUN and FUN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FRUSHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FR · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FURNISH (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FRUSHING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRUSHING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 152) | 116 | 151 | 107 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: FRUSHING, FRUSH, FUNGS, HINGS, FUNG, HING, FRIS, HUIS, NISH, RUINGS, SHIR, SURING and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: GIFS, SHIUR, GIF, NUGS, GIS, NUG, SIG, GI and UNI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.