Hidden inside junangi is one standout: ninja, a five-letter play worth 12 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. Short on board space? juga matches that same 12-point score in Scrabble while spending only four letters — the efficient pick when the long play won't fit. In all, 35 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
ninja and juga tie for the highest Scrabble score from junangi at 12 points. The top 10 of 35 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling junangi produces exactly one six-letter word: guanin. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 7 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling junangi produces exactly one five-letter word: ninja. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling junangi turns up 18 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gun, nag, and nun. For points, the strongest plays are jag, jig, and jug — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in junangi plus one additional letter.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are ninja and juga, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from junangi earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in junangi produce 35 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 1 five-letter word, 7 four-letter words, 18 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.