Unscramble REFRINGE and you have 127 words, REFRINGE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. REFRINGE has 1 anagram here, FINGERER, scoring 12 like REFRINGE itself. 5 shorter words score 11, among them FREEING, REEFING and FEERING. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from REFRINGE split into 2 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 13 with 6, 24 with 5, 33 with 4, 37 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among the 4-letter words from REFRINGE, FRIG leads with 8 points, then FEEN and FEER on 7. FREE, FIRE and FINE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of REFRINGE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in GE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FINGERER (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
REFRINGE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REFRINGE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 127) | 89 | 126 | 82 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REFRINGE, FEERING, GRIEFER, ENFIRE, FEERIN, FINEER, INFERE, FERER, FIERE, FEEN, FEER, FEG and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FIREE, GIF, REGIE, FE, GRR, NEG and GI, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of REFRINGE and one more.