Unscramble LUMINING to get 61 words. LUMINING itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of LUMINING is on the page: UNLIMING, each 11 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LUMINING by length: 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 5 with 5, 14 with 4, 21 with 3 and 10 with 2.
LIMNING is the only one of the 7-letter words made with LUMINING letters; it scores 10 points.
Keep every letter of LUMINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LU · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LIMNING (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: LUMINING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUMINING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 61) | 49 | 60 | 43 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
11 of the 61 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LUMINING, UNLIMING, LIGNUM, MING, ULMIN, MUIL, GINN, ING, LIG, GU and UG. 6 of the 61 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MILING, MUNG, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI. 1 of the 61 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.
Each word below uses all the letters of LUMINING and one more.