Unscramble RECEIVING to get 151 words. RECEIVING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CERVINE and VICING lead with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RECEIVING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 11 with 7, 20 with 6, 42 with 5, 37 with 4, 33 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 8 letters.
CIVIE and VINIC share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from RECEIVING. NEVER, GIVEN and GREEN are the ones most people know.
CIVE and VICE are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RECEIVING, 9 points each. EVEN, GIVE and EVER will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of RECEIVING, with one letter different:
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RECEIVING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RECEIVING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECEIVING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 107 | 151 | 102 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIEVING, CREEING, ENERGIC, VEGIER, VENGER, VIRING, CIERGE, CIVE, GREVE, GRIECE, VIRGE, CERGE and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CIG, REGIE, VIN, NEG and GI, 5 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of RECEIVING plus a single extra one.