Unscramble EMPLONGING and you have 235 words, EMPLONGING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PLONGING, 12 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 EMPLONGING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 38 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
4 of 38 6-letter words from EMPLONGING tie at 11 points; none scores more. ONLINE, LEGION and PIGEON will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EMPLONGING, IMPEL and POGGE tie for first at 9 points. GOING, GNOME and LEMON are everyday picks.
GIMP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EMPLONGING at 9 points; next come LIMP and MIGG on 8. OPEN, GONE and MINE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from EMPLONGING, IMP, MOP and POM tie for first at 7 points. MEN, LOG and INN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EMPLONGING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EM · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EMPING, MEGILP, MOPING and PONGING (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: EMPLONGING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPLONGING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 172 | 235 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 235 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPLONGING, PLONGING, LEMONING, MENGING, PIGMEN, GIGMEN, LEMING, LENGING, LOMING, MENING, MOLING, PENING and 51 more. 14 of the 235 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EMPING, PLEON, LIPE, LIPO, LOGIN, MEG, ONLINE, EMO, IGG, MOI, NEG, PO and 2 more.