35 words come out when you unscramble UNCLINCH, starting with UNCLINCH itself: 15 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. CLINCH, CLUNCH and UNCHIC are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
U12N12C34L12I1N12C34H43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UNCLINCH split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 4 with 5, 7 with 4, 12 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of UNCLINCH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UN · ending in CH · all 8-letter words
The meaning of UNCLINCH, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UNCLINCH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNCLINCH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 35) | 30 | 35 | 28 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
5 of the 35 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLUNCH, UNLICH, LINCH, CH and HUI. 2 of the 35 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LUN and UNI.