Unscramble ILLAPSING and you have 215 words, ILLAPSING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ILLAPSING split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 12 with 7, 20 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 14 with 2.
5 of 20 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLAPSING tie at 9 points; none scores more. SIGNAL, PLAINS and SPINAL will look familiar.
53 5-letter words from ILLAPSING; 6 of them share the top score of 8. PLANS, PLAIN and PILLS are everyday picks.
7 of 60 4-letter words in ILLAPSING tie at 7 points; none scores more. SIGN, PLAN and PAIN will look familiar.
The 3-letter words made with ILLAPSING letters are led by GAP, GIP and PIG, 6 points each. ALL, GAS and SPA are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ILLAPSING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IL · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SPALLING and SPILLING (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ILLAPSING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLAPSING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 215) | 186 | 215 | 174 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
29 of the 215 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ILLAPSING, LAIPSING, LANGSPIL, PILLINGS, PLINGS, SPAING, AISLING, PLING, SILING, SPAG, SPAIN, SPIAL and 17 more. 12 of the 215 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIPAS, PALIS, PIANI, LIPA, PALI, SIGLA, SIGNA, AGS, GIS, SIG, GI and SAN.
Each word below uses all the letters of ILLAPSING and one more.