Unscramble LINGUALS and you have 200 words, LINGUALS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of LINGUALS is on the page: LINGULAS, each 9 points. Among the shorter answers, 8 reach 8 points, LINGUAL, LIGULAS and LINGUAS among them. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LINGUALS split into 2 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 20 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 17 with 2.
32 of 45 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LINGUALS tie at 6 points; none scores more. USING, GAINS and NAILS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from LINGUALS, 39 score 5 points, the group's best. SIGN, GAIN and NULL are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of LINGUALS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with LI · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of LINGUALS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. LINGUALS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINGUALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 200) | 155 | 198 | 138 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: LINGULAS, LINGUAS, SALUING, ULLINGS, NISGUL, SAGUIN, UGALIS, ULLING, GILAS, GULAS, GUSLA, GUSLI and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: LINGULA, AGLUS, INSULA, SIGLA, SIGNA, AGLU, NUGS, AGS, GIS, LIAS, LUNS, NUG and 5 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: UGLIS and UGLI.
These 3 words take every letter of LINGUALS plus a single extra one.