Unscramble DEVLINGS and you have 219 words, DEVLINGS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DELVING and DEVLING lead with 12 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DEVLINGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 13 with 2.
4 of 23 6-letter words made with DEVLINGS letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. DESIGN, SINGLE and SIGNED will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEVLINGS, GIVED leads with 10 points, then DEVIL and DEVIS on 9. GIVEN, GIVES and LIVES are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words from DEVLINGS tie at 8 points; none scores more. LIVE, GIVE and ENDS will look familiar.
56 3-letter words from DEVLINGS; 5 of them share the top score of 7. END, LED and DIE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DEVLINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DELVING (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DEVLINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 172 | 219 | 154 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEVLINGS, DEVLING, GIVED, SLIVED, VENDIS, ELDINGS, SLIVEN, VILDE, DIVS, ELDING, GILDEN, SDEIGN and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEVIS, DEVI, LEVIS, VIDS, VLEIS, LEVS, VID, VINS, VLEI, SEV, VIN, DENI and 6 more, 18 in all.
This word takes every letter of DEVLINGS plus a single extra one.