119 words come out when you unscramble LURKINGLY, starting with LURKINGLY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. KINGLY, RYKING and YUKING are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
L12U12R1K5I1N12G23L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LURKINGLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 10 with 6, 18 with 5, 44 with 4, 32 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in LURKINGLY: LURINGLY, for 12 points.
LURKING is the only one of the 7-letter words made with LURKINGLY letters; it scores 12 points.
Among the 4-letter words in LURKINGLY, INKY and YIRK tie for first at 11 points. LINK, GIRL and KING are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LURKINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LU · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What LURKINGLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: LURKINGLY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LURKINGLY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 119) | 93 | 118 | 83 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: YIRK, KYU, GURLY, KY, LURGY, GULY, KURI, LIRK, NIRLY, ULLING, YUG, LURGI and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: LURKINGLY, YUKING, KYLIN, LURINGLY, KI, RYU, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: UGLI.