Unscramble SCOUTING and you have 227 words, SCOUTING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SCOUTING split into 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 23 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
23 6-letter words made with SCOUTING letters; 5 of them share the top score of 9. COUNTS, COUSIN and OUTING are everyday picks.
Of the 52 5-letter words from SCOUTING, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. USING, UNITS and COUNT are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCOUTING tie at 7 points; none scores more. SIGN, COST and SONG will look familiar.
CIG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words made with SCOUTING letters. NOT, OUT and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SCOUTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SC · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The meaning of SCOUTING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SCOUTING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOUTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 168 | 227 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SOUCING, COSING, INCUTS, SCOUG, COITS, CUITS, GIUSTO, INCUT, ONCUS, SCOG, SCUG, SOUCT and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CUNITS, CIGS, CUNIT, CIG, NUGS, NUTSO, SOC, GIS, GOS, NUG, SIG, GI and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SCOUTING spell the words below.