Unscramble MURKISH to get 80 words. MURKISH itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. MURKISH as a single 7-tile play makes 66 in Scrabble, 16 plus the 50 bonus, and 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from MURKISH split into 1 with 7 letters, 10 with 5, 32 with 4, 25 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Keep every letter of MURKISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with MU · ending in SH · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by RUKHS and SHIRK (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts MURKISH, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURKISH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 62 | 80 | 51 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MURKISH, KISH, KURIS, KURI, HUIS, MUIRS, RIMUS, SHIR, SIK, HUI, ISH, MUIR and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RUKHS, KUMIS, RUKH, SUKH, HIMS, SHIUR, KIS, SUK, KI, SUMI and UMS, 11 in all.