129 words come out when you unscramble WINKLES, starting with WINKLES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of WINKLES is on the page: WELKINS, each 14 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of WINKLES at once for 64 in Scrabble (14 + 50) or 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from WINKLES split into 2 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 28 with 5, 51 with 4, 32 with 3 and 11 with 2.
7 of 51 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WINKLES tie at 11 points; none scores more. NEWS, LIKE and LINE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of WINKLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with WI · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
WINKLES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WINKLES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINKLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 100 | 129 | 94 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
29 of the 129 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WELKS, EWKS, KEWL, WELK, EWK, EIKS, LISK, NEKS, SEIK, SEWIN, SKEN, WEILS and 17 more. 6 of the 129 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LEWKS, LEWK, SWILE, KIS, KI and EW.
These 6 words take every letter of WINKLES plus a single extra one.