Unscramble FOLLOWING and you have 126 words, FOLLOWING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from FOLLOWING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 10 with 6, 15 with 5, 45 with 4, 34 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in FOLLOWING: WOLFLING, 15 points.
FLOWN scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FOLLOWING at 11 points, ahead of FLING and FLONG on 9. OWING, FOLIO and LINGO are the ones most people know.
GOWF tops the 4-letter words from FOLLOWING at 11 points; next come FLOW and FOWL on 10. WILL, INFO and LONG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FOLLOWING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of FOLLOWING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FOLLOWING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOLLOWING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 126) | 102 | 125 | 92 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: WOLFLING, ONFLOW, GOWF, OWLING, WOF, WONGI, FIGO, GNOW, GOWL, LOLIGO, NOWL, WOON and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: GIF, OLINGO, FOO, LOGIN, LOGON, OOF, LILO, GI, ONO and OI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
This word takes every letter of FOLLOWING plus a single extra one.