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Unscramble LYING and you have 15 words, LYING itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of LYING is on the page: LINGY, each 9 points. The strongest shorter words are INLY and LINY, 7 points each. 5 letters: 1 vowel and 4 consonants.

Looking for nigly, gynil, gnily, ligyn, lygni, ligny, yigln, lngyi, nygil or gilyn? They use the same letters as LYING, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From lying

By length, the words from LYING split into 2 with 5 letters, 3 with 4, 6 with 3 and 4 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with lying

The 5-letter words in LYING are 2: LYING itself and 1 anagram, LINGY. Each scores 9 points.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with lying

INLY and LINY are the top 4-letter words made with LYING letters, 7 points each. LING will look familiar.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with lying

YIN scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LYING at 6 points, ahead of GIN and ING on 4. NIL is the one most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with lying

The best of the 2-letter words from LYING is NY, 5 points; GI on 3 and IN on 2 follow.

Change One Tile in LYING

Keep every letter of LYING but one, change that one, and you get:

More 5-letter words: starting with LY · ending in NG · all 5-letter words

Add two letters to LYING:

Definitions for the Top LYING Plays

LYING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

LYING 9 · 11
the act of telling lies
LINGY 9 · 11
covered with heaths
INLY 7 · 8
on the inside
LINY 7 · 8
resembling a line
YIN 6 · 6
the feminine passive principle in Chinese cosmology
LING 5 · 8
a heath plant
GIN 4 · 6
to begin
GI 3 · 4
a white garment worn in martial arts

LYING in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

LYING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
LYING itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 15)121511

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NY, ING and LIG, 3 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GI.

One Extra Tile and LYING Grows

These 12 words take every letter of LYING plus a single extra one.

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