Unscramble HINTINGLY and you have 91 words, HINTINGLY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 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 HINTINGLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 14 with 6, 20 with 5, 21 with 4, 19 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of HINTINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; NIGHTLY (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HINTINGLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINTINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 91) | 72 | 91 | 63 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
19 of the 91 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HINTINGLY, NIGHLY, LITHING, NITHING, LYTING, NYING, HING, THIG, LITH, LITING, TYG, GINN and 7 more. 9 of the 91 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: THINGY, INLYING, GLINTY, LINNY, LINTING, TIYIN, TIYN, TYIN and GI.
With one more tile, the letters of HINTINGLY spell the words below.