Unscramble BLIGHTINGLY and you have 143 words, BLIGHTINGLY itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is LIGHTLYING, 18 points. 11 letters: 2 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BLIGHTINGLY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 13 with 7, 20 with 6, 29 with 5, 36 with 4, 27 with 3 and 9 with 2.
LIGHTLYING is the only one of the 10-letter words made with BLIGHTINGLY letters; it scores 18 points.
Of the 20 6-letter words from BLIGHTINGLY, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. BITING, BLIGHT and THINLY are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words in BLIGHTINGLY, BIGGY, GHYLL and HYING tie for first at 12 points. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are everyday picks.
INBY scores highest among the 4-letter words made with BLIGHTINGLY letters at 9 points, ahead of BIGG and HING on 8. BILL, HILL and TINY are the ones most people know.
This word has the length of BLIGHTINGLY, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with BL · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BLIGHTING and BLIGHTY (16 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts BLIGHTINGLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLIGHTINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 116 | 142 | 104 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLIGHTINGLY, LIGHTLYING, GHILLYING, NIGHLY, BLINGY, BINGY, LITHING, YILLING, LYTING, BILING, BIGG, GIBLI and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: THINGY, BIGGY, NIGGLY, BLINY, GLINTY, BLING, TIYIN, BING, TIYN, TYIN, IGG and GI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.