Unscramble QUELCHING and you have 157 words, QUELCHING itself among them: it scores 24 in Scrabble and 28 in Words With Friends. 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.
By length, the words from QUELCHING split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 32 with 5, 42 with 4, 44 with 3 and 16 with 2.
CHEQUING is the only one of the 8-letter words made with QUELCHING letters; it scores 23 points.
QUICH scores highest among the 5-letter words from QUELCHING at 19 points, ahead of GUQIN on 15 and QUINE on 14. LUNCH, UNCLE and NICHE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in QUELCHING is CINQ, 15 points; QUIN on 13 and CHUG on 10 follow. LINE, HUGE and NICE are everyday picks.
QIN tops the 3-letter words made with QUELCHING letters at 12 points; next come CHE and CHI on 8. ICE, GUN and LEG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of QUELCHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with QU · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with QUENCH and QUICHE (20 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: QUELCHING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUELCHING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 116 | 156 | 104 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
40 of the 157 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: QUELCHING, CHEQUING, QUINCHE, QUELCH, QUICH, GUQIN, QUINE, CLEUGH, QIN, UNLICH, ELCHI, HELING and 28 more. 12 of the 157 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CINQ, CHING, GINCH, QI, CLEG, INCEL, CIG, NEG, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI. 1 of the 157 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.
This word takes every letter of QUELCHING plus a single extra one.