Unscramble BUGGINGS to get 85 words. BUGGINGS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34U12G23G23I1N12G23S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BUGGINGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 3 with 6, 7 with 5, 29 with 4, 32 with 3 and 10 with 2.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BUGGINGS is BIGG, 8 points; BIGS and BING on 7 follow. SIGN, BUGS and GUNS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of BUGGINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BU · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with BUGGING (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts BUGGINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUGGINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 85) | 60 | 85 | 50 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: BUGGINGS, BUGGINS, BUGGIN, SUGGING, BIGGS, UGGING, BIGG, BINGS, GIBUS, GINGS, GUBS, GING and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: BING, IGGS, IGG, NUGS, GIS, NUG, SIG, UNIS, GI and UNI.