96 words come out when you unscramble HINTINGS, starting with HINTINGS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of HINTINGS is on the page: NITHINGS, each 12 points. 7 shorter words score 11, among them INSIGHT, SHINING and HINTING. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HINTINGS split into 2 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 7 with 6, 14 with 5, 35 with 4, 22 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Keep every letter of HINTINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HI · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HINTING, HISTING, INSIGHT and SHINING (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts HINTINGS, but the Words With Friends list does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINTINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 96) | 70 | 96 | 68 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. Words With Friends' list can change.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: HINTINGS, NITHINGS, NITHING, SHITING, SITHING, HINGS, THIGS, HING, THIG, INTING, NISH, SINING and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: GIS and SIG.
These 4 words take every letter of HINTINGS plus a single extra one.