77 words come out when you unscramble NURTURING, starting with NURTURING itself: 10 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TURNING leads with 8 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from NURTURING split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 7 with 5, 23 with 4, 28 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 8 letters.
TURNING is the only one of the 7-letter words made with NURTURING letters; it scores 8 points.
These 5 words have the length of NURTURING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with NU · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What NURTURING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NURTURING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURTURING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 77) | 57 | 77 | 51 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
20 of the 77 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RUNRIG, URNING, UNTURN, GINN, GIRR, GURN, UNTIN, GUR, ING, NURR, RURU, TIG and 8 more. 6 of the 77 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INRUN, GRR, NUG, TURR, GI and UNI.