Unscramble HIGHING and you have 14 words, HIGHING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. HIGHING as a single 7-tile play makes 65 in Scrabble, 15 plus the 50 bonus, and 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HIGHING by length: 1 with 7 letters, 4 with 4, 6 with 3 and 3 with 2. None has 6 or 5 letters.
Keep every letter of HIGHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with HI · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HIGH (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: HIGHING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 14) | 10 | 14 | 8 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
4 of the 14 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIGHING, HING, GING and ING. 2 of the 14 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: IGG and GI.
With one more tile, the letters of HIGHING spell the words below.