Unscramble TINKERS and you have 201 words, TINKERS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of TINKERS are on the page: REKNITS, SKINTER and STINKER, each 11 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. TINKERS as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from TINKERS by length: 4 with 7 letters, 19 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2.
26 of 59 5-letter words from TINKERS tie at 9 points; none scores more. INTER, SKIRT and TRIES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TINKERS, 40 score 8 points, the group's best. RISK, SKIN and REST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TINKERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with TI · ending in RS · all 7-letter words
TINKERS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. TINKERS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TINKERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 158 | 200 | 149 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SKINTER, KENTS, NERKS, REIKS, TINKS, EIKS, ERKS, KEST, KETS, NEKS, NERK, REIK and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RESKIN, KIS, KI, STRINE, RESIT, TEINS, EST, TES and TE, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of TINKERS plus a single extra one.