Unscramble BOATINGS to get 257 words. BOATINGS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: BOASTING and BOSTANGI. The best shorter words score 10: 4 of them, BOATING, BASTING and BAGNIOS included. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BOATINGS by length: 3 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
13 of 38 6-letter words from BOATINGS tie at 9 points; none scores more. OBTAIN, GIANTS and BONSAI will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BOATINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 12. GIANT, BOATS and BASIN are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words from BOATINGS tie at 7 points; none scores more. BOAT, GAIN and BAGS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in BOATINGS, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. BIG, GOT and AGO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BOATINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BO · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
What BOATINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BOATINGS, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOATINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 204 | 255 | 193 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: BOSTANGI, OBANGS, OBSIGN, BINGS, BONIST, GOBIS, OBANG, ABSIT, BANTS, BASON, BASTI, BASTO and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: BOINGS, BIGOS, BIOGS, BING, TASING, SIGNA, SOBA, AGS, GIS, GOS, SIG and ATS. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: BINTS and BINT. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: BIGA.
With one more tile, the letters of BOATINGS spell the words below.