Unscramble BANTINGS to get 186 words. BANTINGS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BANTINGS split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 17 with 2.
BANGS and BINGS share the top score of 8 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BANTINGS. SAINT, GIANT and BASIN are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from BANTINGS, the top score is 7, reached by 7. SIGN, ANTI and TAGS are the familiar ones.
4 of 56 3-letter words in BANTINGS tie at 6 points; none scores more. ITS, BIG and BIT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BANTINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BASTING (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BANTINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANTINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 144 | 184 | 134 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
42 of the 186 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BANTINGS, BANTING, BINGS, ABSIT, BANTS, BASTI, BIGA, INGANS, NGATIS, TABIS, TANGIS, BANT and 30 more. 10 of the 186 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BING, TASING, SIGNA, TIANS, AGS, GIS, SIG, ATS, GI and SAN. 2 of the 186 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of BANTINGS spell the words below.