Unscramble OUTRUNNING and you have 176 words, OUTRUNNING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1U12T1R1U12N12N12I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from OUTRUNNING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 23 with 6, 25 with 5, 51 with 4, 44 with 3 and 18 with 2.
UNTURNING is the only one of the 9-letter words in OUTRUNNING; it scores 10 points.
14 of 23 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OUTRUNNING tie at 7 points; none scores more. TUNING, NOTING and OUTING will look familiar.
Of the 25 5-letter words made with OUTRUNNING letters, 14 score 6 points, the group's best. UNION, INTRO and GROIN are the ones most people know.
Among 51 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OUTRUNNING, the top score is 5, reached by 22. UNIT, TURN and TOUR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OUTRUNNING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OU · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What OUTRUNNING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. OUTRUNNING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTRUNNING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 135 | 176 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNTURNING, RONNING, ONNING, RIGOUT, ROTING, RUNNION, URNING, NONRUN, TOING, TRUGO, UNTURN, GINN and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OUTRIG, TIGNON, TURION, TURNON, INRUN, RONIN, TROG, NONI, NUG, ORG, TROU, GI and 2 more, 14 in all.