Unscramble LIGHTENING and you have 187 words, LIGHTENING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of LIGHTENING is on the page: ENLIGHTING, each 15 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LIGHTENING by length: 2 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 8 with 8, 18 with 7, 28 with 6, 34 with 5, 42 with 4, 41 with 3 and 13 with 2.
LIGHTENING and 1 anagram, ENLIGHTING, make up the 10-letter words made with LIGHTENING letters; each scores 15 points.
LIGHTNING is the only one of the 9-letter words in LIGHTENING; it scores 14 points.
HIGGLE scores highest among the 6-letter words made with LIGHTENING letters at 11 points, ahead of HELING and HETING on 10. LENGTH, LINING and IGNITE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGHTENING is GIGHE, 10 points; EHING and EIGHT on 9 follow. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are everyday picks.
HING, NIGH and THIG share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words from LIGHTENING. THEN, LINE and NINE are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of LIGHTENING, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with LI · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of LIGHTENING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LIGHTENING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHTENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 144 | 187 | 131 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
43 of the 187 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENLIGHTING, ENLIGHT, LITHING, NITHING, GLENTING, HELING, HETING, EHING, GEITING, LENGING, GILGIE, GINGLE and 31 more. 13 of the 187 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: THINGIE, HINNIE, LENITING, LINTING, TEGG, GITE, IGG, INNIE, INTEL, NEG, TEIN, GI and 1 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of LIGHTENING and one more.