Unscramble INFESTING to get 211 words. INFESTING itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from INFESTING split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 15 with 7, 28 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 16 with 2.
28 6-letter words from INFESTING; 4 of them share the top score of 10. TENNIS, FINEST and FINITE are everyday picks.
FEIGN and GIFTS are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INFESTING, 9 points each. STEIN, FINES and STING will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with INFESTING letters, the top score is 8, reached by 4. SIGN, GIFT and FINE are the familiar ones.
FEG, FIG and GIF are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble INFESTING, 7 points each. GET, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INFESTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What INFESTING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INFESTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFESTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 160 | 210 | 138 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SNIFTING, FIENTS, STEINING, FEGS, FENIS, FENTS, FIENT, FIEST, INGINES, NIEFS, NIFES, SENTING and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FENINGS, FENING, GIFS, FEST, GIF, STINGE, FES, GITES, INNIES, SINNET, FE, GITE and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of INFESTING and one more.