Unscramble MINIFYING and you have 34 words, MINIFYING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. MINIFY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
M34I1N12I1F4Y43I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MINIFYING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 6, 5 with 5, 5 with 4, 11 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
Keep every letter of MINIFYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What MINIFYING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MINIFYING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINIFYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 34) | 24 | 33 | 22 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
9 of the 34 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MINY, NYING, FY, NYM, FINI, MING, GINN, NY and ING. 2 of the 34 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GIF and GI. 1 of the 34 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.