241 words come out when you unscramble SPRAINING, starting with SPRAINING itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 11 points, ASPIRING, PAIRINGS and PRAISING among them. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SPRAINING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 26 with 7, 35 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Among 26 7-letter words made with SPRAINING letters, the top score is 10, reached by 12. RAISING, ARISING and PARSING are the familiar ones.
14 of 35 6-letter words from SPRAINING tie at 9 points; none scores more. SPRING, RISING and GRAINS will look familiar.
Among 48 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPRAINING, the top score is 8, reached by 13. RINGS, GRAIN and GAINS are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 4-letter words from SPRAINING tie at 7 points; none scores more. SIGN, RING and PAIN will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in SPRAINING, GAP, GIP and PIG tie for first at 6 points. AIR, GAS and INN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SPRAINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What SPRAINING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SPRAINING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 189 | 241 | 177 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: SPAINING, RISPING, SPANING, GRAIPS, NAPING, PAGRIS, PANING, SPAING, AIRNING, GRAIP, PAGRI, PIRAIS and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: PANINIS, RAPINIS, PANINI, PIANI, RANGS, SIGNA, AGS, GIS, SIG, GI, RAI and SAN.
These 3 words take every letter of SPRAINING plus a single extra one.