31 words come out when you unscramble PINGUIN, starting with PINGUIN itself: 10 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. PINING is the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of PINGUIN in one turn: 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PINGUIN by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 2 with 5, 3 with 4, 16 with 3 and 8 with 2.
PINING is the only one of the 6-letter words in PINGUIN; it scores 9 points.
Trade one tile of PINGUIN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with PI · ending in IN · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PINING (9 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts PINGUIN, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINGUIN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 31) | 25 | 31 | 22 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
6 of the 31 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PINGUIN, GUP, GINN, ING, GU and UG. 3 of the 31 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NUG, GI and UNI.
Each word below uses all the letters of PINGUIN and one more.