Unscramble HOUSLINGS and you have 253 words, HOUSLINGS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HOUSLINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 14 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
28 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HOUSLINGS; 11 of them share the top score of 10. LOSING, SLOUGH and SLINGS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from HOUSLINGS, the top score is 9, reached by 13. USING, SONGS and SIGNS are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 4-letter words in HOUSLINGS tie at 8 points; none scores more. LONG, SIGN and GUNS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with HOUSLINGS letters, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. SUN, LOG and OIL are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HOUSLINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HOUSINGS, SLOSHING and SLUSHING (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HOUSLINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 188 | 252 | 165 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
64 of the 253 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOUSLINGS, HOUSLING, SLOUGHIS, HOLINGS, SHULING, SLOUGHI, GLUISH, HONGIS, HINGS, HOING, LOUSINGS, HING and 52 more. 23 of the 253 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHLONGS, SHLONG, SHOGIS, HONGI, SHOGI, HOSS, LINGOS, LOGINS, SOHS, SUSING, HOS, LOGIN and 11 more. 1 of the 253 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOUSLINGS and one more.