245 words come out when you unscramble SCATHING, starting with SCATHING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 13, among them CHASING, CASHING and ACHINGS. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SCATHING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
The 6-letter words in SCATHING are led by ACHING, CHANGS and CHINGS, 12 points each. THINGS, NIGHTS and ACTING are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from SCATHING; 6 of them share the top score of 11. NIGHT, CHINA and THING are everyday picks.
GACH scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCATHING at 10 points, ahead of CASH and CATH on 9. CHAT, HITS and INCH are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in SCATHING; 5 of them share the top score of 8. CAN, HAS and ITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SCATHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SC · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
What SCATHING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCATHING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCATHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 186 | 245 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACHINGS, GANCH, NICHTS, SCAITH, TAISCH, TASHING, ANIGHT, HANGIS, NICHT, SCATH, SICHT, THAGIS and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CATHING, CHINGS, SHITCAN, CHING, GATCH, GINCH, GITCH, CATHS, CHAIS, GACH, SITCH, THANGS and 18 more, 30 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of SCATHING plus a single extra one.