Unscramble NEEDLINGS and you have 283 words, NEEDLINGS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
N12E1E1D2L12I1N12G23S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NEEDLINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 30 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 30 7-letter words in NEEDLINGS, the top score is 9, reached by 14. ENGINES, SENDING and LEGENDS are the familiar ones.
59 6-letter words from NEEDLINGS; 22 of them share the top score of 8. DESIGN, SINGLE and ENGINE are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NEEDLINGS, the top score is 7, reached by 13. NEEDS, GENES and EDGES are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words from NEEDLINGS tie at 6 points; none scores more. NEED, EDGE and GENE will look familiar.
Of the 55 3-letter words in NEEDLINGS, 4 score 5 points, the group's best. SEE, END and INN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NEEDLINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
What NEEDLINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
NEEDLINGS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEEDLINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 283) | 211 | 283 | 197 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENSIGNED, ELDINGS, LEGSIDE, SDEIGNE, DEEING, DINNLES, ELDING, GENNELS, GENNIES, GILDEN, GINNELS, LEESING and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LENDINGS, EELINGS, GENNED, EELING, LEDES, DENI, DESI, LEDE, NEGS, EDS, GIS, NEG and 2 more, 14 in all.