Unscramble LINSANGS and you have 146 words, LINSANGS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12I1N12S1A1N12G23S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LINSANGS split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 33 with 5, 47 with 4, 34 with 3 and 12 with 2.
22 of 33 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LINSANGS tie at 6 points; none scores more. GLASS, SIGNS and GAINS will look familiar.
Of the 47 4-letter words from LINSANGS, 24 score 5 points, the group's best. SIGN, GAIN and SING are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LINSANGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LI · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
LINSANGS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
LINSANGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINSANGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 120 | 146 | 108 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
26 of the 146 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LASINGS, INGANS, SIGLAS, GILAS, INGAN, SANGS, SNIGS, GANS, GILA, GINN, INGS, LIGS and 14 more. 12 of the 146 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIGNANS, LIGNAN, SIGLA, SIGNA, LASSI, SIGS, AGS, GIS, LIAS, SIG, GI and SAN.
These 3 words take every letter of LINSANGS plus a single extra one.