189 words come out when you unscramble SHRUBBING, starting with SHRUBBING itself: 17 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. RUBBISH and BRUSHING are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SHRUBBING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 12 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 14 with 2.
BRUGH and BURGH are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHRUBBING, 11 points each. USING, BRING and RINGS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from SHRUBBING, the top score is 9, reached by 5. BUSH, BUGS and RUSH are the familiar ones.
HUB tops the 3-letter words in SHRUBBING at 8 points; next come BIB and BUB on 7. BIG, SUN and RUN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SHRUBBING but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BRUSHING and RUBBISH (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHRUBBING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHRUBBING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 156 | 189 | 143 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
33 of the 189 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHRUBBING, HINGS, BINGS, GIBUS, HING, RUBINS, GUBS, HUIS, NISH, RUBIN, RUINGS, SHIR and 21 more. 13 of the 189 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GUBBINS, BRUHS, BISH, BRUH, BRUNG, BURB, SHIUR, BING, GIS, NUG, SIG, GI and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of SHRUBBING plus a single extra one.