Unscramble INCRUSTING and you have 259 words, INCRUSTING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CRUISING, CRUSTING and INCUSING lead with 11 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from INCRUSTING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 11 with 8, 25 with 7, 39 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 9 letters.
25 7-letter words made with INCRUSTING letters; 5 of them share the top score of 10. NURSING, TURNING and UNITING are everyday picks.
Among 39 6-letter words from INCRUSTING, the top score is 9, reached by 5. STRING, RISING and TUNING are the familiar ones.
CUING and ICING share the top score of 8 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INCRUSTING. USING, UNITS and RINGS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in INCRUSTING, CIGS and SCUG tie for first at 7 points. SIGN, RING and CUTS are everyday picks.
CIG tops the 3-letter words made with INCRUSTING letters at 6 points; next come CIS and CIT on 5. ITS, SUN and RUN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INCRUSTING but one, change that one, and you get:
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What INCRUSTING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INCRUSTING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INCRUSTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 195 | 259 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 259 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRINING, CURINGS, TUNICINS, RUININGS, SNIRTING, TICING, TUNICIN, UNITINGS, INCUTS, SCRUNT, STIRING, TIRINGS and 50 more. 16 of the 259 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CUNITS, TUNINGS, CIGS, CRITS, CUNIT, CIG, CRIT, INRUNS, CRU, INRUN, NUGS, GIS and 4 more. 2 of the 259 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.
With one more tile, the letters of INCRUSTING spell the words below.