Unscramble LIBELINGS and you have 197 words, LIBELINGS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. BILLINGS, BELLINGS and LIBELING are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from LIBELINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 26 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 11 with 2.
26 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LIBELINGS; 10 of them share the top score of 9. SINGLE, BEGINS and BEINGS are everyday picks.
Among 42 5-letter words from LIBELINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 10. BEING, LINES and BEGIN are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LIBELINGS; 6 of them share the top score of 7. LINE, SIGN and SELL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LIBELINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BELLINGS, BILLINGS and LIBELING (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
LIBELINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIBELINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 197) | 147 | 197 | 137 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
50 of the 197 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIBELINGS, BELLINIS, BINGIES, BINGLES, BELLINI, BESING, BILING, BINGLE, GIBELS, GIBLIS, BINGS, GIBEL and 38 more. 10 of the 197 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BELLINGS, BLINGS, BLING, BING, BES, NEGS, GIS, NEG, SIG and GI.
These 3 words take every letter of LIBELINGS plus a single extra one.