72 words come out when you unscramble REGIVING, starting with REGIVING itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. REGIVING has 1 anagram here, GRIEVING, scoring 13 like REGIVING itself. VERGING is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 8 letters: 3 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 REGIVING split into 2 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 12 with 5, 17 with 4, 24 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of REGIVING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
REGIVING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. REGIVING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REGIVING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 55 | 72 | 51 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIEVING, VIRING, VIRGE, VINER, GINGE, GIRNIE, VIRE, ERING, GING, GREIN, RIGG, GREN and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VIN, IGG, NEG and GI, 4 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of REGIVING and one more.