Unscramble SKINKING to get 46 words. SKINKING itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1K5I1N12K5I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SKINKING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 4 with 6, 5 with 5, 15 with 4, 13 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of SKINKING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SK · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
SKINKING 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 SKINKING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKINKING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 46) | 39 | 46 | 33 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 7 of them: SIK, SINING, GINN, INGS, SNIG, ING and NIS. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: INKINGS, KIS, KI, GIS, SIG and GI.