Unscramble MOONRAKING to get 255 words. MOONRAKING itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from MOONRAKING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 19 with 7, 34 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with MOONRAKING letters: MAROONING, for 12 points.
MARKING scores highest among the 7-letter words in MOONRAKING at 14 points, ahead of OMIKRON on 13 and KONGONI on 12. MORNING, RANKING and ROAMING are the ones most people know.
MAKING tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MOONRAKING at 13 points; next come KIMONO and MIKRON on 12. MARGIN, NAMING and MAROON will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from MOONRAKING, KORMA, MAIKO and MIKRA tie for first at 11 points. MINOR, ROMAN and GRAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from MOONRAKING, the top score is 10, reached by 13. MARK, KING and RANK are the familiar ones.
KAM and MAK share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words in MOONRAKING. MAN, AIR and MAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MOONRAKING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with MO · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MARKING (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts MOONRAKING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOONRAKING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 189 | 255 | 165 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MOONRAKING, MORKIN, ARKING, MAIKO, ROKING, AKING, GRANNOM, KAIM, KAING, KRANG, MAIK, MOKI and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KONGONI, KORMA, MAKI, MOOK, GANK, GROK, IRONMAN, KORA, KORI, KRAI, AMNIO, GORM and 12 more, 24 in all.
This word takes every letter of MOONRAKING plus a single extra one.