154 words come out when you unscramble SHRIMPING, starting with SHRIMPING itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 13 points, SHRIMP, IMPISH and PISHING among them. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SHRIMPING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 14 with 6, 26 with 5, 60 with 4, 35 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with SHRIMPING letters: PRIMINGS, for 13 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHRIMPING, GIMPS, IMSHI and MIHIS tie for first at 10 points. RINGS, PRISM and GRIPS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHRIMPING, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. SIGN, SHIP and RING are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHRIMPING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
SHRIMPING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHRIMPING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHRIMPING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 154) | 126 | 154 | 119 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIRINGS, INSHIP, SHIRING, IMSHI, MIHIS, RISPING, HINGS, MIHI, NIMPS, HING, MINGS, SIRIH and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HIMS, MIPS, MIRINS, MIRIN, GIS, SIG and GI, 7 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHRIMPING and one more.