127 words come out when you unscramble HOLINGS, starting with HOLINGS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of HOLINGS is on the page: LONGISH, each 11 points. The best shorter words score 10: 4 of them, HOSING, HOLING and HONGIS included. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of HOLINGS in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HOLINGS split into 2 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 16 with 5, 45 with 4, 39 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among 45 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 8. LONG, SIGN and SONG are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of HOLINGS, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with HO · ending in GS · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LONGISH (11 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOLINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 127) | 100 | 127 | 86 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOLINGS, HONGIS, HINGS, HOING, HING, HOIS, LOSH, NISH, HOI, ISH, GIOS, GONS and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHLONG, HONGI, SHOGI, LINGOS, LOGINS, HOS, LOGIN, SHO, SOH, GIS, GOS, SIG and 2 more, 14 in all.
These 8 words take every letter of HOLINGS plus a single extra one.