166 words come out when you unscramble PENGUINS, starting with PENGUINS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PENGUIN, GUINEPS and SPUEING lead with 10 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for ninepugs, penusing, pensuing, gpeunins, genpnuis or iengsupn? They use the same letters as PENGUINS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PENGUINS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 17 with 6, 23 with 5, 53 with 4, 51 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 53 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PENGUINS, the top score is 7, reached by 8. SIGN, NINE and PINE are the familiar ones.
5 of 51 3-letter words in PENGUINS tie at 6 points; none scores more. USE, SUN and INN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PENGUINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
What PENGUINS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PENGUINS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENGUINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 134 | 166 | 123 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
32 of the 166 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPUEING, GIPSEN, PENING, SPUNGE, INGENUS, SPEUG, GUPS, INGENU, SPUG, GUP, NEPS, PENI and 20 more. 11 of the 166 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GUINEPS, GUINEP, NEGS, NUGS, GIS, NEG, NUG, SIG, UNIS, GI and UNI.
With one more tile, the letters of PENGUINS spell the words below.