Unscramble NORTHINGS and you have 276 words, NORTHINGS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 12, among them NOTHINGS, SHORTING and HORNINGS. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from NORTHINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 22 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
22 7-letter words made with NORTHINGS letters; 9 of them share the top score of 11. HOSTING, NOTHING and SORTING are everyday picks.
Among 45 6-letter words from NORTHINGS, the top score is 10, reached by 13. RIGHTS, THINGS and STRONG are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NORTHINGS; 19 of them share the top score of 9. RIGHT, NORTH and NIGHT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from NORTHINGS, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. HOST, HITS and SHOT are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in NORTHINGS, GHI and HOG tie for first at 7 points. NOT, ITS and HOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NORTHINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NO · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
NORTHINGS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NORTHINGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 226 | 275 | 205 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
50 of the 276 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: THINGOS, TOSHING, HONGIS, THINGO, GOSHT, HINGS, HOING, THIGS, HING, ROSTING, THIG, TONINGS and 38 more. 20 of the 276 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HORNINGS, GOTHS, HONGI, SHOGI, GOTH, ROSHI, TIGNONS, TIGNON, HOS, RONINS, SHO, SOH and 8 more. 1 of the 276 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.
With one more tile, the letters of NORTHINGS spell the words below.