222 words come out when you unscramble JANKIEST, starting with JANKIEST itself: 19 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from JANKIEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 13 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
JAKES, JINKS and KANJI are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble JANKIEST, 16 points each. TAKEN, TAKES and SAINT will look familiar.
The 4-letter words from JANKIEST are led by JAKE, JAKS and JINK, 15 points each. TAKE, SKIN and TASK are the familiar ones.
JAK scores highest among the 3-letter words in JANKIEST at 14 points, ahead of AJI and JAI on 10. ITS, SET and NET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of JANKIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with JA · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; INKJETS (18 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: JANKIEST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANKIEST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 160 | 222 | 141 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: JAKS, JAK, JANTIES, JEATS, JEAT, KENTIAS, TANKIES, JAI, KENTIA, IKANS, JA, KAIES and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: JANKIEST, INKJETS, JAKEST, TAJINES, TAJINE, AJIES, AJIS, AJI, KETAS, SAKTI, KETA, SIKA and 7 more.