Unscramble KINGPOST and you have 222 words, KINGPOST itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SPOKING leads with 14 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from KINGPOST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 27 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words in KINGPOST, GOPIKS and POKING tie for first at 13 points. POINTS, POSING and PISTON are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble KINGPOST, GOPIK leads with 12 points, then KNOPS and KNOSP on 11. POINT, KINGS and KNOTS are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words from KINGPOST tie at 10 points; none scores more. POST, TIPS and KING will look familiar.
KIP and KOP share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from KINGPOST. NOT, ITS and TOP are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of KINGPOST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with KI · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
What KINGPOST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept KINGPOST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINGPOST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 177 | 221 | 160 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: INKSPOT, PONKS, SPINK, GONKS, PONK, GONK, NKOSI, POTING, SKOG, TINKS, TONKS, KONS and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: GOPIKS, GOPIK, STONK, KOIS, OIKS, INSPO, KIS, OIK, KI, OK, POS, PST and 6 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: SPIK.
This word takes every letter of KINGPOST plus a single extra one.