205 words come out when you unscramble THICKENING, starting with THICKENING itself: 20 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of THICKENING is on the page: KITCHENING, each 20 points. CHINKING, KETCHING and THICKING are the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from THICKENING split into 2 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 25 with 7, 27 with 6, 34 with 5, 52 with 4, 47 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 10-letter words in THICKENING are 2: THICKENING itself and 1 anagram, KITCHENING. Each scores 20 points.
Among 25 7-letter words you get when you unscramble THICKENING, the top score is 16, reached by 5. KITCHEN, KINETIC and ETCHING are the familiar ones.
HICKIE and KNITCH are the top 6-letter words from THICKENING, 15 points each. ETHNIC, KNIGHT and HIKING will look familiar.
Of the 34 5-letter words from THICKENING, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. THINK, NIGHT and THING are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in THICKENING, CHIK, HECK and HICK tie for first at 13 points. THEN, TECH and KING are everyday picks.
KHI tops the 3-letter words made with THICKENING letters at 10 points; next come ICK on 9 and CHE on 8. GET, NET and INN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of THICKENING for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with TH · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What THICKENING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. THICKENING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THICKENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 161 | 204 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
43 of the 205 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KITCHENING, KETCHING, THICKING, CHETNIK, KINCHIN, THICKIE, KNITCH, KEIGHT, CHIK, KIGHT, ICHING, KENTING and 31 more. 18 of the 205 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HICKIE, CHING, GINCH, GITCH, THINGIE, ECHT, HINNIE, TECH, INCENT, CIG, KI, GITE and 6 more. 1 of the 205 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NITCHIE.
Each word below uses all the letters of THICKENING and one more.