Unscramble SCUNGE and you have 48 words, SCUNGE itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SCUG and UNCES lead with 7 points. 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SCUNGE split into 1 with 6 letters, 3 with 5, 15 with 4, 21 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of SCUNGE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with SC · ending in GE · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CUES, ECUS, GENUS and NEGUS (6 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SCUNGE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCUNGE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 48) | 36 | 48 | 32 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 12 of them: SCUNGE, SCUG, UNCES, CENS, UNCE, GUES, GUE, GUS, SUG, UGS, GU and UG. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: NEGS, NUGS, NEG and NUG.
With one more tile, the letters of SCUNGE spell the words below.