Unscramble GILDING to get 27 words. GILDING itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: GLIDING. The strongest shorter word is IDLING, 8 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. GILDING as a single 7-tile play makes 60 in Scrabble, 10 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GILDING by length: 2 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 7 with 4, 12 with 3 and 5 with 2. None has 5 letters.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words in GILDING: IDLING, 8 points.
Keep every letter of GILDING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GI · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
GILDING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GILDING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 27) | 20 | 27 | 18 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GING, GLID, LIND, ING, LIG, NID and DI, 7 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: IGG and GI, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of GILDING and one more.