227 words come out when you unscramble HURDLINGS, starting with HURDLINGS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HURDLING leads with 13 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HURDLINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 20 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
GLUISH and RUDISH share the top score of 10 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HURDLINGS. RULING and GUILDS are the ones most people know.
58 5-letter words from HURDLINGS; 8 of them share the top score of 9. USING, GIRLS and DRUGS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from HURDLINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 14. GIRL, DRUG and DISH are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in HURDLINGS, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. SUN, RUN and GUN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HURDLINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HU · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HURDLING (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HURDLINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HURDLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 162 | 226 | 151 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
64 of the 227 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HURDLINGS, DUSHING, NURDISH, SHULING, GLUISH, RUDISH, DUNSH, HINGS, UNGILDS, DUSH, HILD, HING and 52 more. 11 of the 227 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHIUR, SIDH, DUH, URSID, GIS, LUD, NUG, SIG, GI, LUN and UNI. 1 of the 227 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS.