38 words come out when you unscramble WAXWING, starting with WAXWING itself: 21 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WAXING leads with 17 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of WAXWING at once for 71 in Scrabble (21 + 50) or 58 in Words With Friends (23 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from WAXWING split into 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 3 with 5, 7 with 4, 17 with 3 and 9 with 2.
WAXING is the only one of the 6-letter words in WAXWING; it scores 17 points.
Keep every letter of WAXWING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with WA · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
What WAXWING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
WAXWING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAXWING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 38) | 33 | 38 | 32 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WANG, GAW, WAI, NGAI and ING, 5 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GI.
This word takes every letter of WAXWING plus a single extra one.