Unscramble CLINGINESS and you have 227 words, CLINGINESS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LICENSING and SILENCING lead with 12 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CLINGINESS split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 10 with 8, 25 with 7, 35 with 6, 51 with 5, 59 with 4, 35 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Of the 25 7-letter words from CLINGINESS, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. SINGLES, CEILING and SENSING are the ones most people know.
CLINGS and ICINGS are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CLINGINESS, 9 points each. SINGLE, LINING and LINENS will look familiar.
Of the 51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLINGINESS, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. LINES, SIGNS and LINEN are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from CLINGINESS, CIGS and CLEG tie for first at 7 points. LINE, SIGN and LESS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of CLINGINESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CL · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
CLINGINESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CLINGINESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLINGINESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 172 | 227 | 151 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CIELINGS, SLICINGS, CIELING, CISSING, ENCLISIS, SCENING, GINNELS, ILICES, INCLES, INGINES, SEILING, CIELS and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CLINGINESS, LENSINGS, SEININGS, CEILIS, CLEGS, INCELS, CEILI, CIGS, CLEG, GLISSE, INCEL, LINNIES and 9 more, 21 in all.
This word takes every letter of CLINGINESS plus a single extra one.