Unscramble GNAWINGLY and you have 143 words, GNAWINGLY itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 14 points, YAWNING, WIGGLY and WAGGLY among them. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from GNAWINGLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 27 with 5, 41 with 4, 37 with 3 and 13 with 2.
WANGLING is the only one of the 8-letter words in GNAWINGLY; it scores 13 points.
WIGGY scores highest among the 5-letter words from GNAWINGLY at 13 points, ahead of WINGY on 12 and LAWNY on 11. AGING, LYING and ALIGN are the ones most people know.
8 of 41 4-letter words from GNAWINGLY tie at 10 points; none scores more. GAIN, WING and GANG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GNAWINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GN · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
The meaning of GNAWINGLY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: GNAWINGLY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNAWINGLY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 120 | 143 | 108 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: WAYING, NYING, WILGA, GYAL, GYAN, LAGGIN, LAWIN, WANG, WINNA, GAW, WINN, GING and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: GNAWINGLY, LAWNING, NIGGLY, LAGGY, GALING, LAYIN, LINNY, LIGNAN, WALI, YAG, IGG and GI.
With one more tile, the letters of GNAWINGLY spell the words below.