221 words come out when you unscramble OUTWAITING, starting with OUTWAITING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OUTWAITING split into 1 with 10 letters, 16 with 7, 19 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
8 of 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OUTWAITING tie at 9 points; none scores more. GIANT, WAGON and TWAIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from OUTWAITING, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. WANT, AUTO and TOWN are the ones most people know.
GAW, WAG and WIG are the top 3-letter words in OUTWAITING, 7 points each. NOT, OUT and NOW will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OUTWAITING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OU · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What OUTWAITING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OUTWAITING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTWAITING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 170 | 221 | 158 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
51 of the 221 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OUTWING, TAWTING, TOWTING, WITGAT, OUTWIN, TAUIWI, WONGA, WONGI, GNOW, INWIT, TATUING, WANG and 39 more. 12 of the 221 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ATTING, ATIGI, GOTTA, OWT, NATTO, OUTTA, TAUON, NUG, OUTA, TIAN, GI and OI.