177 words come out when you unscramble GOVERNING, starting with GOVERNING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GOVERNING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 9 with 7, 16 with 6, 38 with 5, 51 with 4, 47 with 3 and 13 with 2.
7 of 38 5-letter words from GOVERNING tie at 9 points; none scores more. GOING, GIVEN and INNER will look familiar.
GIVE and VEGO share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words in GOVERNING. OVER, NONE and RING are the ones most people know.
Among 47 3-letter words made with GOVERNING letters, the top score is 7, reached by 4. ONE, INN and EGG are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of GOVERNING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of GOVERNING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GOVERNING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOVERNING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 124 | 175 | 113 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVENING, ENGORING, VOGIER, GERNING, GRONING, VIRGE, VEGO, VINER, ENRING, ERNING, GINGE, GOV and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ENVIRO, VOG, VIN, IGG, NINER, RONIN, NEG, NONI, ORG, RENO, GI and OI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: GRINGO. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
These 2 words take every letter of GOVERNING plus a single extra one.