Unscramble GILDINGS and you have 70 words, GILDINGS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: GLIDINGS. Of the shorter words, GLIDING and GILDING lead with 10 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GILDINGS split into 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 4 with 6, 7 with 5, 26 with 4, 20 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of GILDINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GI · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
What GILDINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. GILDINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILDINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 70) | 53 | 70 | 48 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GLIDINGS, GINGS, SILING, GING, GLID, LINDS, INGS, LIGS, LIND, NIDS, SIND, SNIG and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: IGGS, IGG, GIS, SIG and GI, 5 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of GILDINGS and one more.