Unscramble ANILINGUS and you have 232 words, ANILINGUS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 9 points, INGUINAL, LINGUISA and NAILINGS among them. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ANILINGUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 21 with 7, 36 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among 21 7-letter words in ANILINGUS, the top score is 8, reached by 16. SAILING and INSULIN are the familiar ones.
Of the 36 6-letter words from ANILINGUS, 28 score 7 points, the group's best. SIGNAL, LINING and LINGUA are the ones most people know.
43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ANILINGUS; 30 of them share the top score of 6. USING, GAINS and NAILS are everyday picks.
38 of 60 4-letter words in ANILINGUS tie at 5 points; none scores more. SIGN, GAIN and GUNS will look familiar.
Of the 50 3-letter words made with ANILINGUS letters, 21 score 4 points, the group's best. SUN, GAS and INN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ANILINGUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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What ANILINGUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ANILINGUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANILINGUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 180 | 230 | 160 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NAILINGS, AISLING, LINGUAS, SALUING, INGANS, NISGUL, SAGUIN, SILING, SINING, UGALIS, UNGAIN, UNSLAIN and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LINGUISA, LIGNANS, LIGNAN, UNSNAG, AGLUS, INSULA, SIGLA, SIGNA, AGLU, NUGS, AGS, GIS and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS and UGLI, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ANILINGUS spell the words below.