Unscramble BANISHING and you have 169 words, BANISHING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BASHING, 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BANISHING split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 11 with 6, 26 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in BANISHING: HAININGS, for 12 points.
BAGHS, BHANG and BIGHA share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words from BANISHING. BASIN, GAINS and HANGS are the ones most people know.
BAGH tops the 4-letter words from BANISHING at 10 points; next come BASH and BHAI on 9. SIGN, GAIN and BAGS will look familiar.
BAH scores highest among the 3-letter words in BANISHING at 8 points, ahead of GHI and HAG on 7. HAS, BIG and GAS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BANISHING for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of BANISHING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BANISHING, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANISHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 124 | 169 | 117 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. Words With Friends' list can change.
44 of the 169 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BIGHAS, HAININGS, BAGHS, BIGHA, HAINING, BAGH, BHAIS, HANGIS, ANIGH, BAININS, BHAI, HANGI and 32 more. 8 of the 169 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BISH, AHIS, BING, SIGNA, AGS, GIS, SIG and SAN. 1 of the 169 answers is missing from Scrabble US: BIGA.