Unscramble ALIGHTING to get 170 words. ALIGHTING itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ALIGHTING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 11 with 7, 15 with 6, 30 with 5, 53 with 4, 41 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 30 5-letter words from ALIGHTING, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are the ones most people know.
HAGG tops the 4-letter words in ALIGHTING at 9 points; next come GATH and GHAT on 8. ANTI, GAIN and GANG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALIGHTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AL · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
ALIGHTING 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 ALIGHTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIGHTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 132 | 170 | 121 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GHILGAI, LITHING, ANIGHT, TAIGLING, AIGHT, ANIGH, GATLING, HAGG, HANGI, THAGI, AHINT, GATH and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AHING, THANG, GALING, HAINT, THALI, AHI, ATIGI, LAH, IGG, TIAN and GI, 11 in all.