357 words come out when you unscramble UNSMOOTHING, starting with UNSMOOTHING itself: 17 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. SMOOTHING is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from UNSMOOTHING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 20 with 8, 59 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in UNSMOOTHING: UNSHOOTING, 14 points.
GUNSMITH and MOUTHING are the top 8-letter words you get when you unscramble UNSMOOTHING, 14 points each. SHOOTING, MOUNTING and SOOTHING will look familiar.
Among 59 7-letter words from UNSMOOTHING, the top score is 13, reached by 5. HOSTING, NOTHING and HOUSING are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with UNSMOOTHING letters, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. THINGS, MONTHS and MOTION are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UNSMOOTHING is MIGHT, 11 points; HOMOS and MOHOS on 10 follow. SOUTH, NIGHT and MONTH are everyday picks.
12 of 60 4-letter words from UNSMOOTHING tie at 9 points; none scores more. HOST, HITS and SHOT will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in UNSMOOTHING, the top score is 8, reached by 5. HOT, HIT and SUM are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of UNSMOOTHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with UN · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SMOOTHING (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: UNSMOOTHING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNSMOOTHING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 357) | 285 | 357 | 256 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNSMOOTHING, UNSHOOTING, HOMINGS, UNSMOOTH, HOUTINGS, MOUGHT, SMIGHT, HOONING, HOUTING, MOOTINGS, MOUSTING, MUNSHI and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MOSHING, MUGSHOT, HUMINTS, HUMINT, MOHOS, SHTUM, GOTHS, HIMS, HOMS, HONGI, MOHO, MOSH and 17 more, 29 in all.