168 words come out when you unscramble REWINDS, starting with REWINDS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: WINDERS. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of REWINDS in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from REWINDS by length: 2 with 7 letters, 10 with 6, 48 with 5, 55 with 4, 39 with 3 and 14 with 2.
13 of 48 5-letter words you get when you unscramble REWINDS tie at 9 points; none scores more. WINDS, WEIRD and WINES will look familiar.
Of the 55 4-letter words from REWINDS, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. NEWS, SEND and SIDE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of REWINDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with RE · ending in DS · all 7-letter words
What REWINDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. REWINDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REWINDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 134 | 168 | 130 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
34 of the 168 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INDEWS, INDEW, WEIDS, SEWIN, SWEIR, SWIRE, WEID, REWS, DENIS, DERNS, REW, SDEIN and 22 more. 4 of the 168 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DENI, DESI, EW and EDS.
These 6 words take every letter of REWINDS plus a single extra one.