Unscramble DESKINGS and you have 182 words, DESKINGS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DESKINGS split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 12 with 2.
KIDGE scores highest among the 5-letter words from DESKINGS at 11 points, ahead of DESKS and DIKES on 10. KINDS, SIGNS and SIDES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DESKINGS, the top score is 9, reached by 13. SEND, SIGN and SIDE are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words made with DESKINGS letters, KED, KEG and KID tie for first at 8 points. END, DIE and SKI are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DESKINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEKING and KINGED (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DESKINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESKINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 139 | 182 | 125 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
43 of the 182 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DESKINGS, DESKING, KIDGE, KEDS, SDEIGNS, SKENS, EIKS, KED, NEKS, SDEIGN, SEIK, SKEN and 31 more. 14 of the 182 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SKEDS, SKED, KIS, DESIS, KI, DENI, DESI, NEGS, SIGS, EDS, GIS, NEG and 2 more.
This word takes every letter of DESKINGS plus a single extra one.