Unscramble BENDINGLY to get 215 words. BENDINGLY itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. BENIGNLY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BENDINGLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 30 with 6, 48 with 5, 57 with 4, 54 with 3 and 15 with 2.
The best of the 6-letter words from BENDINGLY is BYDING, 13 points; BIELDY and BLINGY on 12 follow. ENDING, BENIGN and LINDEN are everyday picks.
GYBED tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BENDINGLY at 12 points; next come BEIGY and BENDY on 11. BEING, BEGIN and BLIND will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in BENDINGLY, BYDE and GYBE tie for first at 10 points. LINE, NINE and BEND are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with BENDINGLY letters are led by BEY and BYE, 8 points each. END, BIG and BID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BENDINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BE · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BENIGNLY (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BENDINGLY is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENDINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 215) | 165 | 215 | 155 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
50 of the 215 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BENDINGLY, BYDING, BIELDY, BLINGY, BINGLED, BINGY, GLEBY, GYLDEN, YEDING, BEGILD, BLINNED, BYDE and 38 more. 10 of the 215 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BLINGED, BLINY, GYNIE, LINNEY, BLING, LINNY, BING, DENI, NEG and GI.