Unscramble LITHOLOGY and you have 115 words, LITHOLOGY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LIGHTLY leads with 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12I1T1H43O1L12O1G23Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LITHOLOGY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 25 with 5, 35 with 4, 32 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in LITHOLOGY: LIGHTLY, 14 points.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LITHOLOGY are led by GHYLL and GOTHY, 12 points each. LIGHT, HOLLY and HILLY are the familiar ones.
YOGH tops the 4-letter words from LITHOLOGY at 11 points; next come HOLY on 10 and GOTH on 8. LOGO, TOOL and HILL will look familiar.
These 3 words have the length of LITHOLOGY, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in GY · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LIGHTLY (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
LITHOLOGY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITHOLOGY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 115) | 93 | 114 | 85 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOTHY, GOOILY, ILLTH, THIG, THOLI, TILLY, TOLLY, LITH, LOLIGO, TOHO, TYG, YGO and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GOOLY, GOTH, HOLO, HOO, LILO, LOTO, GI and OI, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY.