Unscramble GURNING and you have 43 words, GURNING itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. GURNING as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GURNING split into 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 4 with 5, 11 with 4, 17 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of GURNING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GU · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by URGING (8 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts GURNING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GURNING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 43) | 29 | 43 | 24 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
14 of the 43 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GURNING, GRUING, URNING, GING, GUNG, RIGG, GINN, GURN, GUR, ING, GU, NUR and 2 more. 5 of the 43 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: IGG, INRUN, NUG, GI and UNI.
These 2 words take every letter of GURNING plus a single extra one.