Unscramble CIELING and you have 48 words, CIELING itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: CEILING. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of CIELING at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CIELING by length: 2 with 7 letters, 10 with 5, 13 with 4, 17 with 3 and 6 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Keep every letter of CIELING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with CI · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CEILING (10 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts CIELING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIELING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 48) | 39 | 48 | 33 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CIELING, INCLE, CIEL, LIGNE, GLEI, LENG, ING, LIG and NIE, 9 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CEILI, CLEG, INCEL, CIG, NEG and GI, 6 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of CIELING plus a single extra one.