Unscramble MEANINGS to get 228 words. MEANINGS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MEANINGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 7, 30 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
12 of 30 6-letter words in MEANINGS tie at 9 points; none scores more. IMAGES, NAMING and INSANE will look familiar.
Of the 48 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MEANINGS, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. GAMES, IMAGE and MEANS are the ones most people know.
14 of 60 4-letter words from MEANINGS tie at 7 points; none scores more. NAME, SAME and GAME will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in MEANINGS, the top score is 6, reached by 5. MAN, MEN and AGE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MEANINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ME · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
MEANINGS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MEANINGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEANINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 172 | 228 | 155 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AMENING, MEASING, NAMINGS, MAGNES, MASING, MENING, MINGES, EGMAS, MANGS, MANIES, MENGS, MINGE and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INNAGES, INNAGE, MANIS, MEGA, MEGS, GEANS, MANI, MEG, SIGNA, GEAN, MES, AGS and 5 more, 17 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of MEANINGS and one more.