Unscramble SKIFFING and you have 61 words, SKIFFING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SKIFFING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 8 with 5, 22 with 4, 19 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with SKIFFING letters: FISKING, for 15 points.
Keep every letter of SKIFFING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SK · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SKIFF (15 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SKIFFING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKIFFING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 61) | 46 | 60 | 37 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SKIFFING, FISKING, FIKING, KIFF, FIFIS, FISK, FIFI, FINI, SIK, SIF, INGS, SNIG and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NIFFS, NIFF, GIFS, GIF, KIS, KI, GIS, SIG and GI, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of SKIFFING spell the words below.