Unscramble UNCINARIA and you have 97 words, UNCINARIA itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
U12N12C34I1N12A1R1I1A1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from UNCINARIA by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 12 with 6, 20 with 5, 28 with 4, 25 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in UNCINARIA: ARANCINI, for 10 points.
URANIAN is the only one of the 7-letter words made with UNCINARIA letters; it scores 7 points.
Of the 28 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UNCINARIA, 11 score 6 points, the group's best. RAIN, RUIN and AURA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UNCINARIA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UN · ending in IA · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ARANCINI (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UNCINARIA, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNCINARIA itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 97) | 79 | 97 | 67 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 18 of them: URANIAN, CANN, CRAN, RACA, URANIN, CAA, NANUA, RUC, ANAN, ARNA, NAIN, RANA and 6 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: UNCINARIA, ARANCINI, CAURI, UNICA, ACAI, CRIA, ANURA, CRU, INRUN, NAIRU, RAI and UNI.
These 2 words take every letter of UNCINARIA plus a single extra one.