169 words come out when you unscramble DAWNINGS, starting with DAWNINGS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. DAWNING and WADINGS are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2A1W4N12I1N12G23S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DAWNINGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 12 with 6, 27 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
DWANG and GAWDS share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from DAWNINGS. WINGS, SWING and WINDS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DAWNINGS, GAWD leads with 9 points, then DAWN and DAWS on 8. SAID, SIGN and WIND are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DAWNINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DA · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of DAWNINGS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DAWNINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWNINGS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 126 | 169 | 115 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WADINGS, DWANGS, WANINGS, ASWING, DWANG, GAWDS, WINDAS, GAWD, WANGS, GAWS, SWAD, WAID and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DAWNINGS, SIGNA, DANS, AGS, DAN, DAS, GIS, SIG, DA, GI and SAN, 11 in all.