Unscramble SEARCHING and you have 340 words, SEARCHING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 6 of them, REACHING, CRASHING and CHANGERS included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SEARCHING split into 1 with 9 letters, 15 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
6 of 15 8-letter words made with SEARCHING letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. REACHING, HEARINGS and CRASHING will look familiar.
Among 60 7-letter words in SEARCHING, the top score is 13, reached by 16. CHANGES, HEARING and CHARGES are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SEARCHING tie at 12 points; none scores more. SEARCH, CHANGE and CHARGE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SEARCHING, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. CHINA, CHAIR and CHAIN are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from SEARCHING is GACH, 10 points; ACHE and ARCH on 9 follow. EACH, CASH and HAIR are everyday picks.
7 of 60 3-letter words in SEARCHING tie at 8 points; none scores more. CAN, HAS and CAR will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of SEARCHING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of SEARCHING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SEARCHING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEARCHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 340) | 262 | 340 | 232 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 78 of them: ACHINGS, CHIGRES, CREAGHS, GANCHES, SCREIGH, CHENARS, CHIGRE, CHINARS, CREAGH, ERIACHS, INCHASE, NICHERS and 66 more. Words With Friends* skips 30 of them: CHAINERS, GACHERS, GINCHES, CHAINER, CHINGS, GACHER, GACHES, INCHERS, CHING, CHINSE, GINCH, INCHER and 18 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SEARCHING spell the words below.