Unscramble LIGHTNINGS and you have 178 words, LIGHTNINGS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 14, among them LIGHTNING, LIGHTINGS and SHINGLING. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from LIGHTNINGS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 11 with 8, 22 with 7, 19 with 6, 28 with 5, 53 with 4, 29 with 3 and 10 with 2.
HINGING, NIGHING and SIGHING share the top score of 12 among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGHTNINGS. LISTING, INSIGHT and SINGING are the ones most people know.
Among 28 5-letter words made with LIGHTNINGS letters, the top score is 9, reached by 7. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are the familiar ones.
53 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGHTNINGS; 5 of them share the top score of 8. LIST, SIGN and HITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LIGHTNINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with LI · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
The meaning of LIGHTNINGS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
LIGHTNINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHTNINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 139 | 178 | 133 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
39 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HINTINGS, NITHINGS, TINGLISH, LITHING, NITHING, SHITING, SITHING, TINGLINGS, HINGS, LINISH, LINTINGS, THIGS and 27 more. 6 of the 178 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LINTING, IGGS, IGG, GIS, SIG and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of LIGHTNINGS and one more.