Unscramble CLINGINGLY to get 53 words. CLINGINGLY itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
C34L12I1N12G23I1N12G23L12Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CLINGINGLY split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 6 with 6, 11 with 5, 12 with 4, 13 with 3 and 4 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Keep every letter of CLINGINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CL · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GILLYING (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CLINGINGLY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLINGINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 53) | 42 | 53 | 35 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
11 of the 53 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLINGINGLY, CLYING, YILLING, NYING, CLY, CILL, GING, GINN, NY, ING and LIG. 7 of the 53 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CIGGY, INLYING, NIGGLY, LINNY, CIG, IGG and GI.