Unscramble JOININGS and you have 77 words, JOININGS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, JOINING leads with 15 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from JOININGS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 9 with 5, 25 with 4, 24 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Keep every letter of JOININGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with JO · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
JOININGS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept JOININGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOININGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 77) | 55 | 77 | 44 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: JONGS, JONG, SIJO, SINING, NONGS, GINN, GIOS, GONS, INGO, INGS, NONG, SNIG and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GOJIS, JINNIS, GOJI, INIONS, NONIS, GIS, GOS, NONI, SIG, GI and OI, 11 in all.
This word takes every letter of JOININGS plus a single extra one.