Unscramble JERQUING and you have 81 words, JERQUING itself among them: it scores 25 in Scrabble and 30 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from JERQUING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 13 with 5, 17 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of JERQUING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with JE · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; REQUIN (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts JERQUING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JERQUING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 81) | 58 | 81 | 51 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
23 of the 81 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: JERQUING, GUQIN, QUINE, QIN, GJU, JURE, ERING, GREIN, GREN, GURN, GER, GUE and 11 more. 7 of the 81 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REJIG, QI, RUEING, NEG, NUG, GI and UNI.
This word takes every letter of JERQUING plus a single extra one.