Unscramble RECKLING and you have 158 words, RECKLING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of RECKLING is on the page: CLERKING, each 15 points. RECKING is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RECKLING by length: 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 16 with 6, 33 with 5, 52 with 4, 40 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Of the 33 5-letter words from RECKLING, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. CLERK, LINER and REIGN are the ones most people know.
GECK tops the 4-letter words from RECKLING at 11 points; next come LICK and NECK on 10. LIKE, LINE and LINK will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of RECKLING, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CLERKING (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts RECKLING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECKLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 158) | 116 | 158 | 109 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RECKLING, ICKLER, RICKLE, CLEIK, ERICK, ICKLE, KILERG, KINGLE, REKING, GLIKE, GRIKE, KRENG and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KLIEG, CLEG, INCEL, CIG, KI, NEG and GI, 7 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of RECKLING plus a single extra one.