234 words come out when you unscramble JACKLINGS, starting with JACKLINGS itself: 23 in Scrabble, 29 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are JACKINGS and JACKLING, 22 points each. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from JACKLINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 12 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 15 with 2.
KANJIS tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble JACKLINGS at 17 points; next come JINGAL on 14 and CAKING on 13. SIGNAL, ASKING and CASING will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from JACKLINGS is JACKS, 18 points; JINKS and KANJI on 16 follow. LINKS, KINGS and GAINS are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words made with JACKLINGS letters, JACK leads with 17 points, then JAKS and JINK on 15. LINK, KING and SKIN are the familiar ones.
JAK tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble JACKLINGS at 14 points; next come JAG and JIG on 11. CAN, ASK and GAS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of JACKLINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with JA · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; JACKING (21 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: JACKLINGS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 181 | 234 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: JACKLINGS, JACKINGS, JACKLING, JAKS, CAKINGS, JAK, GLAIKS, KLANGS, SAICK, AKING, GLAIK, GLISK and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: CALKINGS, AJIS, AJI, GANKS, ICKS, ACK, GANK, SIKA, CIGS, KIS, CALS, CIG and 7 more.