Unscramble UNSETTLING and you have 330 words, UNSETTLING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 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 UNSETTLING split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 14 with 8, 53 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
38 of 53 7-letter words you get when you unscramble UNSETTLING tie at 8 points; none scores more. TESTING, SETTING and LETTING will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from UNSETTLING, 41 score 7 points, the group's best. SINGLE, LISTEN and INTENT are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UNSETTLING; 52 of them share the top score of 6. USING, GUEST and GENUS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from UNSETTLING, 55 score 5 points, the group's best. SIGN, GETS and LEGS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in UNSETTLING; 27 of them share the top score of 4. GET, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of UNSETTLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UN · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
UNSETTLING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UNSETTLING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNSETTLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 330) | 248 | 328 | 225 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
80 of the 330 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LETTINGS, STENTING, SUTTLING, TENTINGS, ETTLING, GINNELS, GUTTIES, INGENUS, LESTING, LUNGIES, SENTING, SINGULT and 68 more. 23 of the 330 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GLUTENINS, GLUTENIN, SNIGLET, TUNINGS, GLUTES, STINGE, GITES, GLUTE, INTELS, LITEST, TEGUS, GITE and 11 more. 2 of the 330 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS and UGLI.
This word takes every letter of UNSETTLING plus a single extra one.