Unscramble CLINGFISH to get 114 words. CLINGFISH itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 18 points: FILCHINGS. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CLINGFISH split into 2 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 16 with 6, 20 with 5, 35 with 4, 27 with 3 and 10 with 2.
FILCHING is the only one of the 8-letter words made with CLINGFISH letters; it scores 17 points.
FILCH and FINCH share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLINGFISH. CHILI, SLING and ICING are the ones most people know.
FISH tops the 4-letter words from CLINGFISH at 10 points; next come CHIN and CHIS on 9. SIGN, INCH and SING will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CLINGFISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in SH · all 9-letter words
CLINGFISH first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CLINGFISH is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLINGFISH itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 114) | 93 | 113 | 81 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FILCHINGS, ICHING, NICISH, LINCH, HINGS, LINISH, SICH, HING, CH, FINI, NISH, SILING and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CLINGFISH, CHINGS, CHILIS, CHING, GINCH, GIFS, CIGS, GIF, CIG, GIS, SIG and GI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of CLINGFISH and one more.