Unscramble SCUNGIEST and you have 274 words, SCUNGIEST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SCUNGIEST split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 18 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SCUNGIEST: NEUSTICS, 10 points.
The 6-letter words from SCUNGIEST are led by CUEING, GESTIC and SCUNGE, 9 points each. SUITES, CENSUS and GUESTS are the familiar ones.
CUING, GENIC and SCUGS share the top score of 8 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SCUNGIEST. GUEST, SIGNS and GUESS are the ones most people know.
CIGS and SCUG are the top 4-letter words from SCUNGIEST, 7 points each. SIGN, NICE and GETS will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words in SCUNGIEST is CIG, 6 points; CIS and CIT on 5 follow. GET, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SCUNGIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CESSING and CUSSING (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SCUNGIEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCUNGIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 274) | 213 | 274 | 186 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
59 of the 274 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCUNGIEST, CUEINGS, NEUSTICS, SCUNGES, SCUSING, CESTUIS, SCUNGE, CESTUI, CITESS, INCUTS, SCIENT, SCUGS and 47 more. 29 of the 274 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CUEISTS, NEUSTIC, CUEIST, CUNITS, STINGES, CENTU, CIGS, CUNIT, ETICS, STINGE, SUSING, CIG and 17 more. 2 of the 274 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.
This word takes every letter of SCUNGIEST plus a single extra one.