Unscramble LINGERERS and you have 263 words, LINGERERS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12I1N12G23E1R1E1R1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LINGERERS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 20 with 7, 55 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Among 55 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LINGERERS, the top score is 7, reached by 36. SINGLE, SEEING and SINGER are the familiar ones.
43 of 60 5-letter words from LINGERERS tie at 6 points; none scores more. GIRLS, GREEN and LINES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LINGERERS, 36 score 5 points, the group's best. LINE, SIGN and GIRL are the ones most people know.
18 of 51 3-letter words from LINGERERS tie at 4 points; none scores more. SEE, SIR and SIN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of LINGERERS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
What LINGERERS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LINGERERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINGERERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 263) | 192 | 263 | 179 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 71 of them: LEERINGS, ERRINGS, GIRNELS, GIRNERS, LEESING, LEIGERS, LIEGERS, SERRING, GERLES, GERNES, GIRNEL, GIRNER and 59 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: REELINGS, EELINGS, EELING, REGIES, SERGER, REGIE, NEGS, ESNE, GIS, GRR, NEG, SIG and 1 more.