Unscramble REQUERING and you have 118 words, REQUERING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
R1E1Q10U12E1R1I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from REQUERING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 25 with 5, 27 with 4, 37 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from REQUERING, GUQIN leads with 15 points, then QUEEN and QUEER on 14. GREEN, GENRE and URINE are the familiar ones.
QUIN scores highest among the 4-letter words from REQUERING at 13 points, ahead of EGER and EUGE on 5. RING, GENE and URGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of REQUERING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with QUEERING (18 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
REQUERING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REQUERING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 118) | 81 | 118 | 72 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: REQUERING, INQUERE, GUQIN, QUINE, QIN, GIRNER, REURGE, RUNRIG, EIGNE, ERING, GERNE, GREIN and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: ENQUIRER, QI, RUEING, REGIE, GRR, NEG, NUG, GI and UNI.