262 words come out when you unscramble BROODINGS, starting with BROODINGS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BROODINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 14 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
BODING tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BROODINGS at 10 points; next come BIDONS and BINGOS on 9. BRINGS, INDOOR and BORING will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from BROODINGS, 28 score 8 points, the group's best. DOING, BRING and GOODS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in BROODINGS, the top score is 7, reached by 23. GOOD, BORN and BIRD are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 3-letter words made with BROODINGS letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. BIG, GOD and DOG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BROODINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BR · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BIRDSONG, BROODING and SONGBIRD (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BROODINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROODINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 199 | 262 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: BROODINGS, BOOINGS, BOOSING, ROBINGS, BIDONS, BONSOIR, BOORDS, BORGOS, BRONDS, DROOBS, OBSIGN, RODINGS and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: BOINGS, DOBROS, BIGOS, BIOGS, DINGOS, DOBRO, DOOBS, BING, BIOG, BIROS, DOOB, NOOBS and 10 more.