Unscramble HERLING and you have 89 words, HERLING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: GHRELIN. Of the shorter words, HELING, HINGER and NIGHER lead with 10 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of HERLING in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HERLING by length: 2 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 12 with 5, 29 with 4, 29 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Keep every letter of HERLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with HE · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HINGER and NIGHER (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HERLING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 89) | 66 | 89 | 64 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: GHRELIN, HERLING, HELING, EHING, HING, RHINE, GIRNEL, LERING, ERING, GREIN, LIGNE, REH and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: NEG and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of HERLING and one more.