Unscramble KLUDGING to get 71 words. KLUDGING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, KLUGING leads with 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from KLUDGING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 5 with 5, 23 with 4, 27 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in KLUDGING: KLUGING, 13 points.
Keep every letter of KLUDGING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with KL · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
KLUDGING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept KLUDGING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLUDGING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 71) | 55 | 70 | 45 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNKID, KILD, UNGILD, DUING, GING, GLID, GUNG, UNLID, LIND, ING, LIG, NID and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KLUDGING, KLUGING, LUGING, KI, IGG, LUD, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.