Unscramble COLLIDING and you have 125 words, COLLIDING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from COLLIDING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 7, 10 with 6, 18 with 5, 41 with 4, 32 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 41 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COLLIDING, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. LONG, GOLD and COLD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COLLIDING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
COLLIDING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COLLIDING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLIDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 125) | 102 | 125 | 92 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
23 of the 125 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CIDING, COLLING, DILLING, DINIC, GILLION, COND, CID, CILL, COLL, DILLI, GLID, INGO and 11 more. 10 of the 125 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LOCING, LOIDING, CIG, LOGIN, DINO, LOC, LOID, LILO, GI and OI.