223 words come out when you unscramble GROWLINGS, starting with GROWLINGS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are GROWLING and GROWINGS, 13 points each. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GROWLINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 14 with 7, 25 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 16 with 2.
25 6-letter words from GROWLINGS; 8 of them share the top score of 10. LOSING, ROWING and WRONGS are everyday picks.
13 of 56 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GROWLINGS tie at 9 points; none scores more. GOING, GIRLS and WRONG will look familiar.
60 4-letter words made with GROWLINGS letters; 8 of them share the top score of 8. LONG, SIGN and GIRL are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GROWLINGS, WIG leads with 7 points, then LOW and NOW on 6. OWN, LOG and OIL are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of GROWLINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with GR · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GROWLING (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: GROWLINGS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROWLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 166 | 220 | 154 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
55 of the 223 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GROWLINGS, GROWINGS, GOWLING, LOWSING, SOWLING, WORSING, OWLING, WONGIS, GNOWS, GORINGS, GOWLS, OGLINGS and 43 more. 13 of the 223 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LINGOS, LOGINS, IGGS, LOGIN, IGG, ORGS, GIS, GOS, ORG, SIG, GI, LOR and 1 more. 2 of the 223 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: GRINGOS and GRINGO. 1 of the 223 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.