Unscramble LOURINGLY and you have 176 words, LOURINGLY itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12O1U12R1I1N12G23L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LOURINGLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 31 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 20 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in LOURINGLY: LURINGLY, 12 points.
Of the 31 5-letter words from LOURINGLY, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. YOUNG, GLORY and GRILL are the ones most people know.
9 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LOURINGLY tie at 8 points; none scores more. ONLY, LONG and GIRL will look familiar.
Trade one tile of LOURINGLY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LO · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LURINGLY (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts LOURINGLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOURINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 129 | 174 | 117 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LOURINGLY, YORLING, GURLY, LIONLY, LURGY, ROGUY, GULY, NIRLY, LORING, LOUING, RIGOLL, RULLION and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LURINGLY, GYNO, LOGIN, RYU, LILO, NUG, ORG, GI, LOR, LUN, UNI and OI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.