Unscramble STRAIKING and you have 290 words, STRAIKING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STRAIKING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 33 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
15 of 33 7-letter words in STRAIKING tie at 12 points; none scores more. RATINGS, RAISING and ARISING will look familiar.
Of the 54 6-letter words from STRAIKING, 12 score 11 points, the group's best. RATING, TAKING and STRING are the ones most people know.
9 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STRAIKING tie at 10 points; none scores more. KINGS, GAINS and SKIRT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with STRAIKING letters, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. RISK, KING and SKIN are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble STRAIKING is GAK, 8 points; ARK and ASK on 7 follow. ITS, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of STRAIKING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; KARTINGS, SKIRTING, STRIKING and TRAIKING (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: STRAIKING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRAIKING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 204 | 290 | 183 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
86 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STRAIKING, STARKING, GIRKINS, KISTING, KRISING, RAIKING, RAKINGS, SARKING, ARKING, GIRKIN, KIRTANS, KRANGS and 74 more. 21 of the 290 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KITINGS, GANKS, GANK, KRAIS, SAKTI, ARTIGIS, KRAI, SIKA, ARTIGI, ATIGIS, KIS, TASING and 9 more.