Unscramble POSSUMING and you have 252 words, POSSUMING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, IMPUGNS, MOUPING and SPUMING included. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from POSSUMING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 15 with 7, 25 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
4 of 25 6-letter words from POSSUMING tie at 11 points; none scores more. POSING, GOSSIP and POSSUM will look familiar.
GIMPS, GUIMP and GUMPS share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POSSUMING. USING, SONGS and SIGNS are the ones most people know.
GIMP and GUMP are the top 4-letter words from POSSUMING, 9 points each. MISS, PINS and PING will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in POSSUMING; 4 of them share the top score of 7. UPS, PIN and GUN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of POSSUMING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; IMPUGNS, SPUMING and SPUMONIS (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: POSSUMING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSSUMING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 189 | 252 | 169 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 252 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POSSUMING, MOUPING, GUIMPS, SMOUSING, SOUMINGS, GUIMP, GUMPS, POSINGS, POSSING, SOUMING, GUMP, MOPUS and 51 more. 20 of the 252 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INSPOS, MIPS, MUNGS, INSPO, MUNG, MUSOS, SUMIS, SUSING, MUSO, MOI, POS, SOM and 8 more.