120 words come out when you unscramble INGENUITY, starting with INGENUITY itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is UNTYING, 11 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
I1N12G23E1N12U12I1T1Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from INGENUITY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 23 with 5, 26 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2.
UNTIEING is the only one of the 8-letter words made with INGENUITY letters; it scores 9 points.
Of the 39 3-letter words you get when you unscramble INGENUITY, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. GET, YET and NET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of INGENUITY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in TY · all 9-letter words
INGENUITY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INGENUITY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INGENUITY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 120) | 91 | 120 | 75 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
29 of the 120 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TYEING, GENNY, GENTY, NYING, GYTE, YITIE, INGENU, INGINE, TUNY, TYG, YITE, YUG and 17 more. 16 of the 120 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GYNIE, UNTIEING, TENNY, TIYIN, TIYN, TYIN, GITE, INNIE, TEGU, NEG, NUG, TEIN and 4 more.