Unscramble LIGHTLYING and you have 98 words, LIGHTLYING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LIGHTLYING split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 9 with 7, 11 with 6, 18 with 5, 28 with 4, 21 with 3 and 7 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with LIGHTLYING letters: GHILLYING, 17 points.
Keep every letter of LIGHTLYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with LI · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LIGHTLY and NIGHTLY (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: LIGHTLYING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHTLYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 98) | 78 | 98 | 70 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
20 of the 98 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIGHTLYING, GHILLYING, NIGHLY, LITHING, YILLING, LYTING, HING, ILLTH, THIG, TILLY, LITH, LITING and 8 more. 8 of the 98 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: THINGY, NIGGLY, GLINTY, TIYIN, TIYN, TYIN, IGG and GI.
These 2 words take every letter of LIGHTLYING plus a single extra one.