229 words come out when you unscramble SHARKING, starting with SHARKING itself: 16 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SHAKING and HARKING lead with 15 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SHARKING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 25 6-letter words made with SHARKING letters, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. ASKING, GRAINS and SHRINK are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from SHARKING, the top score is 12, reached by 10. KINGS, GRAIN and GAINS are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHARKING; 8 of them share the top score of 11. RISK, KING and HAIR are everyday picks.
KHI scores highest among the 3-letter words made with SHARKING letters at 10 points, ahead of GAK on 8 and ARK on 7. HAS, AIR and ASK are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHARKING but one, change that one, and you get:
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The meaning of SHARKING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHARKING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARKING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 172 | 229 | 151 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RAKINGS, SARKING, ARKING, HASK, KISH, KRANGS, RASHING, AKING, HANGIS, KAING, KANGS, KNAGS and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NIKAHS, SHIKRA, NIKAH, GANKS, AHING, GANK, KRAIS, ARGH, KRAI, SIKA, AHIS, KIS and 9 more, 21 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of SHARKING plus a single extra one.