113 words come out when you unscramble MERLING, starting with MERLING itself: 10 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of MERLING are on the page: GREMLIN and MINGLER, each 10 points. 5 shorter words score 9, among them MINGLE, GERMIN and LEMING. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. MERLING as a single 7-tile play makes 60 in Scrabble, 10 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MERLING split into 3 with 7 letters, 10 with 6, 17 with 5, 37 with 4, 35 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Keep every letter of MERLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with ME · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GREMLIN and MINGLER (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts MERLING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 113) | 83 | 113 | 80 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 30 of them: MERLING, GERMIN, LEMING, MERING, MINGER, MINGE, GIRNEL, INERM, LERING, MENG, MERIL, MING and 18 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: MEG, NEG and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of MERLING and one more.