Unscramble SKANKIEST to get 255 words. SKANKIEST itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. TAKKIES is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SKANKIEST split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 11 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
SNAKIEST is the only one of the 8-letter words made with SKANKIEST letters; it scores 12 points.
The 6-letter words from SKANKIEST are led by SKANKS, SKINKS and TIKKAS, 14 points each. INTAKE, SAINTS and KINASE are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SKANKIEST tie at 13 points; none scores more. TAKEN, TAKES and TASKS will look familiar.
The 4-letter words made with SKANKIEST letters are led by EKKA and KAIK, 12 points each. TAKE, SKIN and TASK are the familiar ones.
KAK tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SKANKIEST at 11 points; next come AKE and ASK on 7. ITS, SET and NET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SKANKIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
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What SKANKIEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SKANKIEST is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKANKIEST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 186 | 254 | 166 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
68 of the 255 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TAKKIES, KAIKS, KAIK, KAK, KENTIAS, TANKIES, KANSES, KENTIA, KISANS, IKANS, KAIES, KANTS and 56 more. 21 of the 255 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SKANKIEST, SKANKS, TIKKAS, EKKAS, SKANK, TIKKA, EKKA, SAKTIS, KETAS, SAKTI, SIKAS, KETA and 9 more. 1 of the 255 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: KIKES.