129 words come out when you unscramble RICHENING, starting with RICHENING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of RICHENING are on the page: ENRICHING, INHERCING and NICHERING, each 15 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RICHENING split into 4 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 11 with 7, 23 with 6, 25 with 5, 24 with 4, 31 with 3 and 10 with 2.
INHERING is the only one of the 8-letter words made with RICHENING letters; it scores 12 points.
4 of 23 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RICHENING tie at 12 points; none scores more. HIRING and ENRICH will look familiar.
CHING and GINCH share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words from RICHENING. INNER, NICHE and REIGN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RICHENING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
RICHENING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RICHENING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 96 | 129 | 87 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INHERCING, NICHERING, RICHING, CHIGRE, ICHING, NICHER, CERNING, CRINING, CHER, EHING, CHE, ECH and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHING, GINCH, INCHER, HINNIE, CIG, INNIE, NINER, NEG and GI, 9 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of RICHENING and one more.