Unscramble UPKNITTING to get 115 words. UPKNITTING itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, KINGPIN, PINKING and PUNKING lead with 14 points. 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.
Counting the words from UPKNITTING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 13 with 7, 15 with 6, 9 with 5, 26 with 4, 36 with 3 and 12 with 2.
INPUTTING is the only one of the 9-letter words in UPKNITTING; it scores 12 points.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble UPKNITTING, KINGPIN, PINKING and PUNKING tie for first at 14 points. PUTTING, UNITING and TINTING are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of UPKNITTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UP · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with KINGPIN, PINKING and PUNKING (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts UPKNITTING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPKNITTING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 115) | 94 | 114 | 88 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 21 of them: UPKNITTING, UNPINKT, TINKING, UPKNIT, TITUPING, UNKING, PINGUIN, KNUT, KUTI, TINK, TIK, TITUP and 9 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: KI, PTUI, NUG, GI and UNI. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: PUNKING.