319 words come out when you unscramble ALUMINISING, starting with ALUMINISING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. UNSMILING is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ALUMINISING split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 15 with 8, 38 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 10 letters.
14 of 38 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ALUMINISING tie at 10 points; none scores more. MAILING, SAILING and INSULIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from ALUMINISING, 22 score 9 points, the group's best. ALUMNI, MINING and LINING are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 5-letter words made with ALUMINISING letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. SIGMA, GAINS and MINUS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALUMINISING; 15 of them share the top score of 7. MAIL, MAIN and MINI are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from ALUMINISING, the top score is 6, reached by 5. MAN, GAS and INN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ALUMINISING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with AL · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
What ALUMINISING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ALUMINISING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINISING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 319) | 246 | 319 | 217 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
73 of the 319 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LUMINING, UNLIMING, LIGNUMS, LIMINGS, MAINING, NAMINGS, GLAUMS, INISLING, LIGNUM, MAGNUS, MASING, MULGAS and 61 more. 29 of the 319 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ALUMINISING, MAULINGS, LAMININS, MILINGS, LAMININ, LINGUISA, MILING, SIGLUM, GLAMS, GLUMS, LIGNANS, MUNGS and 17 more.
This word takes every letter of ALUMINISING plus a single extra one.