Unscramble LOONINGS to get 146 words. LOONINGS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of LOONINGS are on the page: GLONOINS and SNOOLING, each 9 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
L12O1O1N12I1N12G23S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LOONINGS by length: 3 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 15 with 6, 25 with 5, 46 with 4, 35 with 3 and 14 with 2.
22 of 46 4-letter words from LOONINGS tie at 5 points; none scores more. LONG, SIGN and SOON will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LOONINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LO · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SNOOLING (9 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: LOONINGS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOONINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 115 | 146 | 99 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
31 of the 146 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LOONINGS, LOONING, SOOLING, GOOLS, NONGS, GINN, GIOS, GONS, GOOL, INGO, INGS, LIGS and 19 more. 16 of the 146 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OLINGOS, LINGOS, LOGINS, LOGONS, OLINGO, LOGIN, LOGON, NONIS, GIS, GOS, NONI, ONOS and 4 more.
These 5 words take every letter of LOONINGS plus a single extra one.