Unscramble GRUNTINGS to get 189 words. GRUNTINGS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is GRUNTING, 10 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
G23R1U12N12T1I1N12G23S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from GRUNTINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 11 with 7, 17 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GRUNTINGS, GINGS, GRIGS and RIGGS tie for first at 7 points. USING, UNITS and RINGS are everyday picks.
6 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRUNTINGS tie at 6 points; none scores more. SIGN, RING and RUNS will look familiar.
GIG and IGG share the top score of 5 among the 3-letter words from GRUNTINGS. ITS, SUN and RUN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GRUNTINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GR · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GRUNTING (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts GRUNTINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRUNTINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 142 | 189 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
47 of the 189 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GRUNTINGS, GURNING, GUTSING, GRUING, URNINGS, GINGS, RIGGS, RUINGS, SURING, URNING, GING, GIUST and 35 more. 12 of the 189 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: URGINGS, TUNINGS, IGGS, INRUNS, IGG, INRUN, NUGS, GIS, NUG, SIG, GI and UNI.