146 words come out when you unscramble DISTILLING, starting with DISTILLING itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. DILLINGS is the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DISTILLING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 14 with 6, 25 with 5, 51 with 4, 30 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DISTILLING are led by DIGIT, DINGS and GILDS, 7 points each. STILL, STING and SLING are the familiar ones.
5 of 51 4-letter words in DISTILLING tie at 6 points; none scores more. LIST, SIGN and TILL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DISTILLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
DISTILLING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DISTILLING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISTILLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 113 | 146 | 110 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: DILLINGS, DILLING, TILLINGS, DITING, STILING, DILLIS, LITING, SILING, DILLI, GLID, GLITS, LINDS and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: GIS, SIG and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of DISTILLING and one more.