Unscramble DARKLING and you have 173 words, DARKLING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DARKING, 13 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DARKLING split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 16 with 2.
37 5-letter words from DARKLING; 9 of them share the top score of 10. GRAND, DRINK and GRAIN are everyday picks.
14 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DARKLING tie at 9 points; none scores more. LINK, KING and KIND will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from DARKLING, DAK, GAK and KID tie for first at 8 points. AIR, AID and INK are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DARKLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DA · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The meaning of DARKLING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DARKLING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARKLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 136 | 173 | 128 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
37 of the 173 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ARKING, AKING, GLAIK, KAING, KLANG, KRANG, DIKA, KAID, KANG, KILD, KNAG, KNARL and 25 more. 8 of the 173 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KINDA, GANK, KRAI, KI, DAN, DA, GI and RAI.
This word takes every letter of DARKLING plus a single extra one.