Unscramble MESSAGING and you have 270 words, MESSAGING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MESSAGING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 21 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 21 7-letter words in MESSAGING, the top score is 11, reached by 4. SIGNAGE and MESSING are the familiar ones.
5 of 45 6-letter words from MESSAGING tie at 10 points; none scores more. IMAGES, GAMING and ASSIGN will look familiar.
MAGGS and MIGGS share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MESSAGING. GAMES, IMAGE and MEANS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in MESSAGING, MAGG and MIGG tie for first at 8 points. NAME, SAME and GAME are everyday picks.
5 of 60 3-letter words made with MESSAGING letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. MAN, MEN and AGE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of MESSAGING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with ME · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What MESSAGING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MESSAGING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESSAGING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 270) | 203 | 270 | 185 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
67 of the 270 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EGGMASS, MAGGIES, SEAMINGS, GIGMAN, GIGMEN, MAGGIE, MEASING, GESSING, MAGGS, MAGNES, MANISES, MASING and 55 more. 18 of the 270 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MISGAGES, MISGAGE, MANIS, MASES, MEGA, MEGS, GEANS, IGGS, MANI, MEG, IGG, MES and 6 more.
This word takes every letter of MESSAGING plus a single extra one.