Unscramble UNSHIFTING to get 209 words. UNSHIFTING itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SHIFTING and INFIGHTS lead with 15 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 UNSHIFTING split into 1 with 10 letters, 9 with 8, 21 with 7, 15 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 7-letter words in UNSHIFTING, FISHING and INFIGHT tie for first at 14 points. HUNTING, INSIGHT and SHINING are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble UNSHIFTING, FIGHTS leads with 13 points, then FINISH and SHUFTI on 12. THINGS, NIGHTS and TUNING are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words from UNSHIFTING is FIGHT, 12 points; SHIFT on 11 and FUNGI on 9 follow. USING, NIGHT and THING are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in UNSHIFTING, FISH leads with 10 points, then FIGS and FUGS on 8. SIGN, GIFT and THUS are the familiar ones.
Of the 52 3-letter words made with UNSHIFTING letters, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. ITS, SUN and FUN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UNSHIFTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UN · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
UNSHIFTING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UNSHIFTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNSHIFTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 165 | 208 | 155 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
43 of the 209 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HINTINGS, NITHINGS, SHUFTI, SNIFTING, FUSTING, NITHING, SHITING, SITHING, FUNGS, HINGS, THIGS, UNITINGS and 31 more. 10 of the 209 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NUTHIN, GIFS, TUNINGS, GIF, NUGS, GIS, NUG, SIG, GI and UNI. 1 of the 209 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.