Unscramble INTERCHANGING and you have 437 words, INTERCHANGING itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. The 13 letters split into 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from INTERCHANGING split into 1 with 13 letters, 3 with 11, 14 with 10, 34 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 12 letters.
CHAGRINNING tops the 11-letter words made with INTERCHANGING letters at 18 points; next come INTRENCHING on 17 and INGATHERING on 16.
Among the 10-letter words in INTERCHANGING, CHAGRINING, ENCHARGING and RECHANGING tie for first at 17 points. ENCHANTING is an everyday pick.
9 of 34 9-letter words from INTERCHANGING tie at 15 points; none scores more. GATHERING, ENHANCING and RETAINING will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERCHANGING, 4 score 15 points, the group's best. TEACHING, CREATING and CHANGING are the ones most people know.
The 7-letter words from INTERCHANGING are led by CHIGGER and GACHING, 14 points each. HEARING, HEATING and HANGING are the familiar ones.
CHIGGA scores highest among the 6-letter words in INTERCHANGING at 13 points, ahead of ACHING and CHANGE on 12. CHARGE, ACTING and ETHNIC are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with INTERCHANGING letters; 6 of them share the top score of 11. RIGHT, NIGHT and CHINA are everyday picks.
GACH tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERCHANGING at 10 points; next come ACHE and ARCH on 9. THEN, EACH and TECH will look familiar.
60 3-letter words from INTERCHANGING; 7 of them share the top score of 8. CAN, GET and CAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INTERCHANGING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with IN · ending in NG · all 13-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHAGRINNING (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. INTERCHANGING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERCHANGING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 437) | 336 | 436 | 305 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENCHARGING, ENARCHING, GANCHING, INHERCING, NICHERING, RIGHTENING, CHIRTING, GRAITHING, NIGHTGEAR, RATCHING, RICHTING, THRANGING and 88 more, 100 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GATCHING, RACHETING, GACHING, CATHING, GATCHER, CHAINER, CHIANTI, GACHER, INCENTING, CHING, GATCH, GINCH and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NITCHIE.