Unscramble BOLTINGS to get 224 words. BOLTINGS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: BILTONGS. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BOLTINGS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 25 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
9 of 25 6-letter words from BOLTINGS tie at 9 points; none scores more. LOSING and GOBLIN will look familiar.
Of the 49 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BOLTINGS, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. BLOGS, BINGO and LIONS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from BOLTINGS, the top score is 7, reached by 11. LONG, SIGN and BLOG are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words in BOLTINGS tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOT, ITS and BIG will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BOLTINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BO · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BILTONGS (11 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BOLTINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLTINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 169 | 222 | 152 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOLTINGS, LOBINGS, LOBING, OBSIGN, BINGS, BONIST, GLIBS, GLOBI, GOBIS, LINGOTS, TOLINGS, BITOS and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BLINGS, BOINGS, BIGOS, BIOGS, BLING, BLOGS, BING, BIOG, BLOG, LINGOS, LOGINS, LOGIN and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of BOLTINGS and one more.