290 words come out when you unscramble DEARLING, starting with DEARLING itself: 10 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. DEARLING has 2 anagrams here, DANGLIER and DRAGLINE, scoring 10 like DEARLING itself. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEARLING by length: 3 with 8 letters, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
17 of 24 7-letter words made with DEARLING letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. READING, LEADING and DEALING will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEARLING, 33 score 8 points, the group's best. GARDEN, DANGER and GAINED are the ones most people know.
18 of 60 5-letter words from DEARLING tie at 7 points; none scores more. GRAND, GRADE and IDEAL will look familiar.
60 4-letter words made with DEARLING letters; 21 of them share the top score of 6. DEAL, GEAR and GAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEARLING, the top score is 5, reached by 6. ARE, END and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEARLING but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DANGLIER and DRAGLINE (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: DEARLING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEARLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 222 | 290 | 210 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
68 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEARLING, AREDING, DEARING, EARDING, DAEING, DARGLE, DERING, ELDING, GILDEN, GRANDE, LAERING, LEARING and 56 more. 12 of the 290 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DANGLIER, DEALIGN, DENARI, GALED, DENAR, AREG, DENI, GEAN, DAN, NEG, DA and GI.
These 12 words take every letter of DEARLING plus a single extra one.