Unscramble LISTENING and you have 273 words, LISTENING itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: ENLISTING and TINSELING. 9 shorter words score 9, among them NESTLING, ENISLING and ENSILING. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LISTENING by length: 3 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 29 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 14 with 2.
29 7-letter words from LISTENING; 23 of them share the top score of 8. LISTING and NESTING are everyday picks.
29 of 51 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LISTENING tie at 7 points; none scores more. SINGLE, LISTEN and TENNIS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with LISTENING letters, 27 score 6 points, the group's best. LINES, LINEN and STEIN are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LISTENING, the top score is 5, reached by 33. LIST, LINE and SIGN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LISTENING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of LISTENING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LISTENING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LISTENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 210 | 273 | 189 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
63 of the 273 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LINTINGS, STEINING, GINNELS, INGINES, LESTING, SEILING, SENTING, STILING, ENGILT, GILETS, GINNEL, GLENTS and 51 more. 21 of the 273 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LENITING, LINTING, SNIGLET, LINNIES, STINGE, GITES, INNIES, INTELS, SINNET, GITE, INNIE, INTEL and 9 more.
With one more tile, the letters of LISTENING spell the words below.