Unscramble OUTGNAWING and you have 247 words, OUTGNAWING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. TWANGING and WAGONING are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1U12T1G23N12A1W4I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OUTGNAWING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 16 with 7, 36 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 6-letter words from OUTGNAWING, WAGGON and WAGING tie for first at 11 points. NATION, TUNING and NOTING are everyday picks.
Of the 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OUTGNAWING, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. GOING, UNION and GIANT are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 4-letter words from OUTGNAWING tie at 8 points; none scores more. WANT, AUTO and TOWN will look familiar.
GAW, WAG and WIG share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words in OUTGNAWING. NOT, OUT and NOW are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OUTGNAWING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OU · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What OUTGNAWING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OUTGNAWING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTGNAWING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 247) | 186 | 247 | 175 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OUTWING, GAUNTING, UNGOWN, WONING, GANTING, OUTWIN, UNWONT, WONGA, WONGI, AGOING, GNOW, GUANGO and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WINGNUT, TIGNON, GONNA, OWT, IGG, TAUON, NANO, NONI, NUG, GI and OI, 11 in all.