Unscramble PLUNKIEST and you have 300 words, PLUNKIEST itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PLUNKIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 37 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with PLUNKIEST letters: PUNKIEST, for 14 points.
Of the 37 7-letter words in PLUNKIEST, 13 score 13 points, the group's best.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PLUNKIEST, the top score is 12, reached by 11. LISTEN, UNLIKE and INPUTS are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from PLUNKIEST; 22 of them share the top score of 11. LINKS, INPUT and LIKES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PLUNKIEST, 17 score 10 points, the group's best. LIKE, LINK and SKIN are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in PLUNKIEST, KEP and KIP tie for first at 9 points. ITS, LET and PUT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PLUNKIEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PL · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
What PLUNKIEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PLUNKIEST is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLUNKIEST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 235 | 299 | 219 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SKULPIN, UPKNITS, PIKULS, TUPEKS, UPKNIT, KILPS, KIPES, PENKS, PIKUL, SPELK, SPINK, TUPEK and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLUNKIEST, PUKIEST, PULKS, PULK, KELTS, LEPTINS, KELT, KUNE, LEPTIN, KIS, SUK, INTELS and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: SPIK.