Unscramble CLOUDINGS and you have 267 words, CLOUDINGS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CLOUDINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 15 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
CODING tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CLOUDINGS at 10 points; next come CLINGS and CLOUDS on 9. LOSING, COUSIN and DOSING will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from CLOUDINGS; 22 of them share the top score of 8. DOING, LOGIC and COINS are everyday picks.
18 of 60 4-letter words in CLOUDINGS tie at 7 points; none scores more. GOLD, COLD and DISC will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with CLOUDINGS letters, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. OLD, GOD and LOG are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CLOUDINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CLOUDING, CODLINGS, LINGCODS and SCOLDING (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CLOUDINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOUDINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 267) | 215 | 267 | 195 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
52 of the 267 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOUDINGS, SOUCING, COSING, ULICONS, UNGILDS, DOCUS, DOUCS, SCOUG, ULICON, UNGILD, UNGODS, CIDS and 40 more. 20 of the 267 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CODINGS, LOCING, DINGOS, CIGS, LINGOS, LOCIS, LOGINS, CIG, DINOS, LOCS, DINO, LOC and 8 more.