Unscramble LIGATURING and you have 276 words, LIGATURING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from LIGATURING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 22 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
22 7-letter words in LIGATURING; 12 of them share the top score of 9. ARGUING, RINGGIT and GRATING are everyday picks.
Of the 45 6-letter words from LIGATURING, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. RATING, GUITAR and RULING are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGATURING; 4 of them share the top score of 7. TRIAL, GRANT and TRAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from LIGATURING, the top score is 6, reached by 9. GIRL, RING and GAIN are the familiar ones.
GAG, GIG and IGG are the top 3-letter words in LIGATURING, 5 points each. ART, AIR and RUN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LIGATURING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with LI · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
LIGATURING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LIGATURING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGATURING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 204 | 275 | 189 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TAIGLING, GATLING, GURLING, RIGLING, TARGING, GILGAI, GLAIRIN, GRUING, LAGGIN, NUGGAR, RAITING, RATLING and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GUILTING, TRIALING, GALING, LUGING, ARTIGI, ATIGI, RAGG, AGLU, IGG, LARNT, NAIRU, NUG and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.