Unscramble FARDINGS and you have 219 words, FARDINGS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 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 FARDINGS split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 19 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words made with FARDINGS letters, FADING leads with 11 points, then FAGINS and FARING on 10. GRAINS, DARING and DRAINS are the familiar ones.
7 of 56 5-letter words from FARDINGS tie at 9 points; none scores more. GRAND, RINGS and FINDS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FARDINGS, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. FIND, FAIR and AIDS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FARDINGS; 6 of them share the top score of 7. AIR, FAR and GAS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FARDINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FA · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FADINGS and FARDING (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FARDINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARDINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 176 | 218 | 160 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FARDINGS, FARSING, FRIANDS, FRIAND, SAFING, FANDS, FAINS, FAND, AGRINS, ARSING, DARGS, FARS and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DIFS, GIFS, SNARF, DIF, GIF, RANGS, SIGNA, DANS, AGS, DAN, DAS, GIS and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 2 words take every letter of FARDINGS plus a single extra one.