Unscramble BELIEVING and you have 128 words, BELIEVING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BELIEVING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 32 with 5, 37 with 4, 37 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with BELIEVING letters: VEILING, for 11 points.
Among the 5-letter words from BELIEVING, BEVEL and BLIVE tie for first at 10 points. BEING, GIVEN and BEGIN are everyday picks.
VIBE tops the 4-letter words from BELIEVING at 9 points; next come GIVE on 8 and BING on 7. BEEN, LINE and EVEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BELIEVING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of BELIEVING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BELIEVING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELIEVING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 100 | 128 | 90 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
28 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLIVE, BEIGEL, BILING, BINGLE, GIBEL, GIBLI, NEIVE, NEVEL, EEVN, LEEING, LEVE, NEBEL and 16 more. 10 of the 128 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIBING, BEIGNE, BLING, ELVEN, BING, EELING, VLEI, VIN, NEG and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of BELIEVING and one more.