202 words come out when you unscramble DUCKLINGS, starting with DUCKLINGS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. DUCKLING and DUCKINGS are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DUCKLINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 8 with 7, 12 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 13 with 2.
DICKS, DUCKS and GUCKS are the top 5-letter words from DUCKLINGS, 12 points each. LINKS, USING and KINDS will look familiar.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DUCKLINGS are led by DICK, DUCK and GUCK, 11 points each. LINK, KIDS and KING are the familiar ones.
ICK tops the 3-letter words from DUCKLINGS at 9 points; next come KID on 8 and ILK on 7. SUN, SKI and INK will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DUCKLINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DU · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
What DUCKLINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DUCKLINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUCKLINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 202) | 165 | 201 | 151 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DUCKINGS, LUSKING, GLISK, UNKID, KILD, SKUG, UNGILDS, LISK, LUSK, UNGILD, CIDS, DUING and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UNSLICK, ICKS, CIGS, KIS, SUK, CIG, KI, GIS, LUD, NUG, SIG, GI and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS.