Unscramble BLIGHTINGS to get 195 words. BLIGHTINGS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BLIGHTING, 16 points. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BLIGHTINGS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 4 with 8, 18 with 7, 25 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 11 with 2.
BIGGISH tops the 7-letter words from BLIGHTINGS at 14 points; next come BLIGHTS and GHIBLIS on 13. LISTING, INSIGHT and SIBLING will look familiar.
BIGHTS, BLIGHT and GHIBLI share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BLIGHTINGS. THINGS, LIGHTS and NIGHTS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BLIGHTINGS is BIGHT, 11 points; BIGGS and HINGS on 9 follow. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from BLIGHTINGS, BISH leads with 9 points, then BIGG and GHIS on 8. LIST, SIGN and HITS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of BLIGHTINGS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with BL · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BLIGHTING (16 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BLIGHTINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLIGHTINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 195) | 148 | 193 | 139 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLIGHTINGS, TINGLISH, BHISTI, LITHING, SHITING, SITHING, BITINGS, BIGGS, BILING, GIBLIS, HINGS, LINISH and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BISH, BLINGS, BLING, BING, IGGS, IGG, GIS, SIG and GI, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT, 2 in all.