Unscramble REGAINING and you have 181 words, REGAINING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 10 points, REIGNING, ANGERING and GRAINING among them. 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.
By length, the words from REGAINING split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 17 with 7, 26 with 6, 28 with 5, 49 with 4, 41 with 3 and 13 with 2.
8 of 26 6-letter words from REGAINING tie at 8 points; none scores more. GINGER, AGEING and GRANGE will look familiar.
Of the 28 5-letter words you get when you unscramble REGAINING, 7 score 7 points, the group's best. RANGE, INNER and AGING are the ones most people know.
Among 49 4-letter words you get when you unscramble REGAINING, the top score is 6, reached by 7. NEAR, RING and GEAR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of REGAINING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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What REGAINING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept REGAINING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REGAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 137 | 181 | 125 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: GREINING, GERNING, AIRNING, AGGRI, EANING, ENRING, ERNING, GINGE, GIRNIE, GRAINE, INGINE, RAGINI and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: INNAGE, RAGG, AREG, GEAN, IGG, INNIE, NINER, ARIE, NARE, NEG, GI and RAI.
With one more tile, the letters of REGAINING spell the words below.