Jumble solved
Is CUNNING a word? Yes.
CUNNING is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 7 letters, worth 10 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 15 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 15
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (U, I) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (C, N, N, N, G).
cunning in a sentence
“"Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of CUNNING
One word uses all 7 letters:
- cunning
7-letter words
1 word found- cunning60
5-letter words
1 word found4-letter words
1 word found- unci6
3-letter words
8 words found2-letter words
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Shorter words inside CUNNING — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to CUNNING
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and cunning opens up 2 8-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).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
7
Distinct
5
Vowels
29%
U, I
Consonants
71%
C, N, N, N, G
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Practise your unscrambling
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Solving CUNNING: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters cunning?
Rearranging the 7 letters in cunning produces 15 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 7-letter answer cunning here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does cunning have any anagrams?
Using all 7 letters, cunning rearranges into exactly one word: cunning.
What is the longest word you can make from cunning?
The longest solution is cunning at 7 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from cunning?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: cunning yields cig, gin, gnu, gun, inn, nug, nun, uni, gi and in. 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 "cunning" used in a sentence?
Cunning is itself a valid word. For example: ""Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from cunning scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, cunning is the top scorer from cunning at 60 points, followed by cuing (8), unci (6) and cig (6). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.