Unscramble MISCALLING to get 286 words. MISCALLING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. ANGLICISM and GALLICISM are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MISCALLING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 11 with 8, 27 with 7, 50 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2.
CALMING tops the 7-letter words from MISCALLING at 12 points; next come LAICISM and MISCALL on 11. MAILING, CALLING and SAILING will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MISCALLING, MACING and MAGICS tie for first at 11 points. CLAIMS, SIGNAL and AIMING are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MISCALLING are led by GAMIC and MAGIC, 10 points each. SMALL, CALLS and CLAIM are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words from MISCALLING tie at 8 points; none scores more. MAIL, MAIN and CALL will look familiar.
CAM, MAC and MIC share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words in MISCALLING. ALL, CAN and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MISCALLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with MI · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
MISCALLING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MISCALLING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISCALLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 240 | 286 | 220 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CALMINGS, MALICING, SCAILING, SMALLING, ALGINIC, LIMINGS, LIMAILS, MASING, SCLIM, SINICAL, AISLING, CANGS and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MALLINGS, MILINGS, CAMIS, MILING, CAMI, GLAMS, MICS, CIGS, GLAM, MANIS, MIC, CALS and 8 more, 20 in all.