Unscramble RINGNECK and you have 98 words, RINGNECK itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RINGNECK by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 7 with 6, 18 with 5, 31 with 4, 30 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Among the 4-letter words from RINGNECK, GECK leads with 11 points, then NECK and NICK on 10. KING, NICE and RING are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RINGNECK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RI · ending in CK · all 8-letter words
RINGNECK first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RINGNECK, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RINGNECK itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 98) | 72 | 98 | 67 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
26 of the 98 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ERICK, REKING, CERNING, GRIKE, KRENG, GRICE, NERK, REIK, RENK, CRINE, EIK, ENRING and 14 more. 5 of the 98 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CIG, KI, NINER, NEG and GI.
With one more tile, the letters of RINGNECK spell the words below.