Unscramble GIDDYING and you have 23 words, GIDDYING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
G23I1D2D2Y43I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GIDDYING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 5, 4 with 4, 10 with 3 and 5 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
Keep every letter of GIDDYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GI · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
What GIDDYING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. GIDDYING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIDDYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 23) | 18 | 23 | 16 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 5 of them: GING, NY, ING, NID and DI. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: IGG and GI.