Unscramble LIGHTERING to get 277 words. LIGHTERING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 15 points: RELIGHTING. 4 shorter words score 13, among them LIGHTING, RIGHTING and GIRTHING. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LIGHTERING by length: 2 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 12 with 8, 35 with 7, 46 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 15 with 2.
The 10-letter words made with LIGHTERING letters are 2: LIGHTERING itself and 1 anagram, RELIGHTING. Each scores 15 points.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in LIGHTERING: GIRTHLINE, for 13 points.
HIGGLER and THIGGER share the top score of 12 among the 7-letter words from LIGHTERING. LIGHTER, INHERIT and RINGGIT are the ones most people know.
HIGGLE tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGHTERING at 11 points; next come HELING and HETING on 10. LENGTH, HIRING and GINGER will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from LIGHTERING is GIGHE, 10 points; EHING and EIGHT on 9 follow. RIGHT, NIGHT and LIGHT are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in LIGHTERING are led by HING, NIGH and THIG, 8 points each. THEN, LINE and GIRL are the familiar ones.
GHI tops the 3-letter words made with LIGHTERING letters at 7 points; next come ETH and HEN on 6. GET, LET and NET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of LIGHTERING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with LI · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of LIGHTERING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LIGHTERING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHTERING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 277) | 207 | 276 | 197 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 69 of them: GIRTHLINE, THIGGER, THINGIER, ENLIGHT, GHRELIN, HERLING, HIRLING, LITHING, RIGHTEN, HELING, HETING, EHING and 57 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: THINGIE, NIGGLIER, GLINTIER, TEGG, GITE, IGG, INTEL, NEG, GI and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.