Unscramble LINGERING to get 122 words. LINGERING itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are REIGNING, GREINING and NIGGLIER, 10 points each. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LINGERING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 12 with 7, 24 with 6, 18 with 5, 28 with 4, 27 with 3 and 8 with 2.
24 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LINGERING; 7 of them share the top score of 8. GINGER, LINING and LINGER are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LINGERING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
LINGERING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LINGERING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINGERING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 122) | 85 | 122 | 79 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: GREINING, GERNING, LENGING, RIGLING, GILGIE, GINGLE, LEIRING, LIGGER, NIRLING, ENRING, ERNING, GINGE and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: NIGGLIER, IGG, INNIE, NINER, NEG and GI.
These 6 words take every letter of LINGERING plus a single extra one.