Unscramble RECUILING and you have 214 words, RECUILING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RECUILING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 32 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 13 with 2.
6 of 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RECUILING tie at 9 points; none scores more. RULING, NUCLEI and CURING will look familiar.
Of the 46 5-letter words from RECUILING, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. UNCLE, URINE and LINER are the ones most people know.
CLEG tops the 4-letter words from RECUILING at 7 points; next come CEIL and CIEL on 6. LINE, GIRL and NICE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in RECUILING, CIG leads with 6 points, then CEL and CRU on 5. RUN, ICE and GUN are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of RECUILING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CLINGIER and ULCERING (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: RECUILING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECUILING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 160 | 213 | 149 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
53 of the 214 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RECUILING, RECULING, CIELING, LUCIGEN, CLUIER, GRICE, LEIRING, CRINE, CUNEI, CURLI, GIRNEL, GIRNIE and 41 more. 11 of the 214 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CEILI, CLEG, INCEL, RUEING, CIG, CRU, NEG, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI. 1 of the 214 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.