Unscramble IMPROVINGLY and you have 276 words, IMPROVINGLY itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. IMPROVING, MOVINGLY and ROMPINGLY are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from IMPROVINGLY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 6 with 8, 21 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPROVINGLY, PRIVILY and YOMPING tie for first at 15 points. PROVING, PILGRIM and PRIMING are everyday picks.
YMPING tops the 6-letter words from IMPROVINGLY at 14 points; next come IMPROV and MOPILY on 13. LIVING, MOVING and ORIGIN will look familiar.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPROVINGLY are led by GIMPY, PIGMY and PRIVY, 13 points each. MINOR, VINYL and GLORY are the familiar ones.
GYMP tops the 4-letter words from IMPROVINGLY at 12 points; next come MOPY and YOMP on 11. ONLY, GRIP and PING will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in IMPROVINGLY, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. PRO, PIN and GYM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of IMPROVINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IM · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by IMPROVING, MOVINGLY and ROMPINGLY (17 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts IMPROVINGLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPROVINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 213 | 273 | 189 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: IMPROVINGLY, VIRGINLY, YMPING, MIRVING, MOYLING, YORPING, GYMP, IGNOMY, PRIMY, GILPY, GORMY, YORLING and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: ROMPINGLY, YOMPING, MINGILY, MOPILY, GROVY, PONGY, YOMP, GYPO, LIPOING, IMPRO, MILING, PYRO and 12 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: GOYIM and GOY. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.