Unscramble MOONLIGHTING to get 285 words. MOONLIGHTING itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MOONLIGHTING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 6 with 9, 12 with 8, 39 with 7, 43 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
39 7-letter words from MOONLIGHTING; 4 of them share the top score of 12. NOTHING, ONGOING and TOOLING are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MOONLIGHTING, HOMING leads with 12 points, then HOGGIN on 11 and HOIING on 10. MOTION, MINING and TIMING are the familiar ones.
MIGHT tops the 5-letter words made with MOONLIGHTING letters at 11 points; next come MONTH on 10 and HOING on 9. GOING, NIGHT and LIGHT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MOONLIGHTING, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. MINI, MOON and THIN are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from MOONLIGHTING; 4 of them share the top score of 8. NOT, HOT and GOT are everyday picks.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LIGHTNING (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MOONLIGHTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOONLIGHTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 222 | 284 | 203 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: MONTHLING, HONGING, HOGGIN, HOONING, LITHING, MINGING, NITHING, HOIING, MOOLING, THINGO, TOOMING, HOING and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: HONGIING, THONGING, HOMININ, HONGI, MILING, MOHO, GOTH, HOM, LINTING, HOLO, OLINGO, TIGNON and 8 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: MONGOL.
Each word below uses all the letters of MOONLIGHTING and one more.