Unscramble PUMPKING and you have 64 words, PUMPKING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PUMPKIN leads with 17 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PUMPKING split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 2 with 5, 17 with 4, 26 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Keep every letter of PUMPKING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PU · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PUMPKIN (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PUMPKING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUMPKING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 64) | 54 | 64 | 49 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PUMPKING, KIPP, GUIMP, GUMP, PIUM, MING, GUP, ING, GU and UG, 10 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MUNG, KI, NUG, GI and UNI, 5 in all.
This word takes every letter of PUMPKING plus a single extra one.