Unscramble ZINKES to get 53 words. ZINKES itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ZINKE leads with 18 points. 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
Z10I1N12K5E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ZINKES split into 1 with 6 letters, 5 with 5, 20 with 4, 19 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of ZINKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with ZI · ending in ES · all 6-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ZEKS (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts ZINKES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZINKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 53) | 39 | 53 | 32 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 14 of them: ZINKES, ZINKE, ZE, EIKS, NEKS, SEIK, SKEN, EIK, NEK, SIK, NIES, SIEN and 2 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: ZINES, ZENS, ZINE, SEZ, ZEN, KIS and KI.
These 2 words take every letter of ZINKES plus a single extra one.