168 words come out when you unscramble RINGWISE, starting with RINGWISE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. RINGWISE has 2 anagrams here, SWEIRING and SWINGIER, scoring 12 like RINGWISE itself. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RINGWISE by length: 3 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 19 with 6, 40 with 5, 51 with 4, 38 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Of the 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RINGWISE, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. RINGS, WINGS and SWING are the ones most people know.
4 of 51 4-letter words from RINGWISE tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEWS, SIGN and WINE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of RINGWISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RI · ending in SE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SWINGIER (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RINGWISE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RINGWISE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 132 | 168 | 125 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
36 of the 168 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RINGWISE, SWEIRING, WEIRING, WEISING, WINGES, GREWS, WINGE, SEWIN, SWEIR, SWIRE, GIRNIE, GREINS and 24 more. 7 of the 168 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GWINE, EW, NEGS, GIS, NEG, SIG and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of RINGWISE and one more.