Unscramble ORIGINARY and you have 160 words, ORIGINARY itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, YARRING and YIRRING lead with 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1R1I1G23I1N12A1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ORIGINARY split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 13 with 6, 29 with 5, 55 with 4, 41 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
29 5-letter words from ORIGINARY; 7 of them share the top score of 9. GRAIN, ANGRY and ORGAN are everyday picks.
11 of 55 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ORIGINARY tie at 8 points; none scores more. RING, IRON and GAIN will look familiar.
Of the 41 3-letter words made with ORIGINARY letters, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. ANY, GAY and AIR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ORIGINARY for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with OR · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
ORIGINARY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ORIGINARY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORIGINARY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 126 | 159 | 116 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
34 of the 160 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YARRING, GOARY, GYANI, GYAN, ROARY, IGNARO, OARY, RAGINI, RORY, YARR, YGO, AGRIN and 22 more. 10 of the 160 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ORIGINARY, GYNO, YAG, AGRO, GRR, ORG, ARO, GI, RAI and OI. 1 of the 160 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: GOY.