Unscramble BLANDISHING and you have 353 words, BLANDISHING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DISHABLING leads with 17 points. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BLANDISHING split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 5 with 9, 23 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
DISHABLING is the only one of the 10-letter words made with BLANDISHING letters; it scores 17 points.
The 8-letter words you get when you unscramble BLANDISHING are led by BLANDISH and BLASHING, 14 points each. HANDLING, BINDINGS and LANDINGS are the familiar ones.
60 7-letter words from BLANDISHING; 6 of them share the top score of 13. BINDING, LANDING and SLIDING are everyday picks.
6 of 60 6-letter words made with BLANDISHING letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. ISLAND, DINING and INLAND will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BLANDISHING; 4 of them share the top score of 11. HANDS, BANDS and BLIND are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from BLANDISHING, BAGH leads with 10 points, then BASH and BHAI on 9. HAND, BAND and BAGS are the familiar ones.
BAH tops the 3-letter words in BLANDISHING at 8 points; next come DAH and GHI on 7. HAS, HAD and BIG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BLANDISHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with BL · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The meaning of BLANDISHING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BLANDISHING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLANDISHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 353) | 274 | 353 | 255 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
77 of the 353 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DISHABLING, BLASHING, BHINDIS, BINDHIS, BLAHING, HIDLINGS, ABIDINGS, BANDHS, BHINDI, BIGHAS, BINDHI, BLANDING and 65 more. 21 of the 353 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BLINDINGS, BANDINGS, BLADINGS, BLADING, BALINGS, BISH, BLINGS, DININGS, BIDIS, BLAGS, LIGNANS, AHIS and 9 more. 2 of the 353 answers are missing from Scrabble US: BIGA and DI.