Unscramble MOONLIGHTINGS and you have 407 words, MOONLIGHTINGS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. MOONLIGHTING is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. It has 13 letters, 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from MOONLIGHTINGS by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 5 with 10, 20 with 9, 54 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 11 letters.
MOONLIGHTING is the only one of the 12-letter words made with MOONLIGHTINGS letters; it scores 19 points.
4 of 5 10-letter words in MOONLIGHTINGS tie at 16 points; none scores more.
SMIGHTING scores highest among the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble MOONLIGHTINGS at 16 points, ahead of MONISHING and MONTHLING on 15. LIGHTNING, MOONLIGHT and SMOOTHING are the ones most people know.
Among the 8-letter words from MOONLIGHTINGS, MISLIGHT and SMITHING tie for first at 14 points. LIGHTING, SHOOTING and SOOTHING are everyday picks.
GNOMISH, HOMINGS and MOSHING are the top 7-letter words made with MOONLIGHTINGS letters, 13 points each. HOSTING, NOTHING and INSIGHT will look familiar.
HOMING, MIGHTS and SMIGHT share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MOONLIGHTINGS. THINGS, MONTHS and LIGHTS are the ones most people know.
MIGHT tops the 5-letter words from MOONLIGHTINGS at 11 points; next come HOGGS and HOLMS on 10. NIGHT, LIGHT and MONTH will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in MOONLIGHTINGS, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. HOST, HITS and SHOT are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with MOONLIGHTINGS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 8. HOT, GOT and LOG are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of MOONLIGHTINGS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 13-letter words: starting with MO · ending in GS · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with MONTHSLONG (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MOONLIGHTINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOONLIGHTINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 407) | 306 | 405 | 271 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MOONLIGHTINGS, MONTHLINGS, NOTHINGISM, SMIGHTING, MONTHLING, GOLOSHING, SHOOGLING, HOMINGS, MINGLINGS, HINTINGS, HOGGINS, HONGING and 87 more, 99 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MONTHSLONG, SMITHING, HOMININS, HONGIING, MOSHING, THONGING, HOMININ, LOGGISH, MILINGS, MOHOS, SHLONG, GOTHS and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: MONGOLS and MONGOL, 2 in all.