86 words come out when you unscramble GIRDINGS, starting with GIRDINGS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: RIDGINGS. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GIRDINGS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 7 with 6, 15 with 5, 31 with 4, 20 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of GIRDINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GI · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GIRDING, GRIDING and RIDGING (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts GIRDINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIRDINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 86) | 68 | 86 | 63 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 18 of them: GIRDINGS, RIDGINGS, GRISING, RIGIDS, GINGS, RIGGS, GING, RIGG, GRIS, INGS, NIDS, SIND and 6 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: IGGS, IGG, GIS, SIG and GI.
These 3 words take every letter of GIRDINGS plus a single extra one.