Unscramble BATTINGS to get 195 words. BATTINGS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BATTINGS split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 17 with 2.
BANGS and BINGS are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BATTINGS, 8 points each. SAINT, GIANT and BASIN will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from BATTINGS; 7 of them share the top score of 7. SIGN, ANTI and TAGS are everyday picks.
Of the 56 3-letter words from BATTINGS, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. ITS, BIG and BIT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BATTINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
What BATTINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BATTINGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATTINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 195) | 155 | 193 | 143 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: BINGS, ABSIT, BANTS, BASTI, BIGA, GAITTS, NGATIS, TABIS, TANGIS, BANT, BIST, GAITT and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: ATTING, BING, TASING, SIGNA, STATIN, TIANS, AGS, GIS, SIG, ATS, GI and SAN. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: BINTS and BINT.