Unscramble RETURNING and you have 201 words, RETURNING itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1E1T1U12R1N12I1N12G23
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from RETURNING split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 32 with 6, 38 with 5, 51 with 4, 50 with 3 and 16 with 2.
19 of 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETURNING tie at 7 points; none scores more. RETURN, TUNING and RUNNER will look familiar.
Among 38 5-letter words from RETURNING, the top score is 6, reached by 13. INNER, INTER and TIGER are the familiar ones.
24 of 51 4-letter words in RETURNING tie at 5 points; none scores more. TRUE, UNIT and TURN will look familiar.
50 3-letter words made with RETURNING letters; 23 of them share the top score of 4. GET, RUN and NET are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of RETURNING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
RETURNING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETURNING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETURNING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 156 | 200 | 140 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TERNING, ENRING, ERNING, GIRNER, INGENU, RUNRIG, URNING, ERING, GREIN, REGUR, RUNNET, TUNIER and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TENURING, GUNTER, RUEING, GITE, INRUN, NINER, TEGU, GRR, NEG, NUG, TEIN, TURR and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 2 words take every letter of RETURNING plus a single extra one.