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Unscramble CROSSING — 139 words
The letters CROSSING rearrange into 2 full anagrams and 139 words in total.
- Total words
- 139
- Full anagrams
- 2
- Longest answer
- 8 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (O, I) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (C, R, S, S, N, G).
crossing in a sentence
“I do not bear these crossings.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of CROSSING
2 words use all 8 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
- crossing
- scorings
8-letter words
2 words found- crossing11
- scorings11
7-letter words
6 words found- cosigns10
- grisons8
- incross9
- scoring10
- signors8
- sorings8
6-letter words
17 words found- coigns9
- corgis9
- coring9
- cosign9
- incogs9
- orcins8
- scions8
- scorns8
- sonics8
- girons7
- gnosis7
- grison7
- groins7
- rosing7
- signor7
+ 2 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
32 words found- coign8
- corgi8
- incog8
- orgic8
- cions7
- coins7
- coirs7
- corns7
- cross7
- icons7
- orcin7
- scion7
- scorn7
- sonic7
- girns6
+ 17 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
40 words found- cigs7
- cogs7
- cion6
- coin6
- coir6
- coni6
- cons6
- corn6
- cors6
- coss6
- cris6
- icon6
- orcs6
- rocs6
- sics6
+ 25 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
31 words found- cig6
- cog6
- cis5
- con5
- cor5
- cos5
- orc5
- roc5
- sic5
- soc5
- gin4
- gis4
- gor4
- gos4
- nog4
+ 16 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
11 words found- gi3
- go3
- in2
- is2
- no2
- oi2
- on2
- or2
- os2
- si2
- so2
Words hidden inside CROSSING
Without moving a single letter, reading crossing straight through uncovers 3 shorter words — cross, sing, sin. The longest unbroken run is cross.
- cross7
- sing5
- sin3
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble scorings.
Shorter words inside CROSSING — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to CROSSING
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and crossing opens up 5 9-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- crossing11
- scorings11
- cosigns10
- scoring10
- incross9
- coigns9
- corgis9
- coring9
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
8
Distinct
7
Vowels
25%
O, I
Consonants
75%
C, R, S, S, N, G
Solving CROSSING: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters crossing?
Rearranging the 8 letters in crossing produces 139 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 8-letter answer crossing here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does crossing have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 8 letters, crossing can be rearranged into 2 words: crossing and scorings. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from crossing?
The longest solutions run to 8 letters: crossing and scorings. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from crossing?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: crossing yields cig, cis, cog, con, cor, cos, gin, gis, gor and gos. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "crossing" used in a sentence?
Crossing is itself a valid word. For example: "I do not bear these crossings." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from crossing scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, crossing is the top scorer from crossing at 11 points, followed by scorings (11), cosigns (10) and scoring (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside crossing?
Read left to right without moving any letters and crossing already contains 3 shorter words: cross, sing and sin. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is cross. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.