Unscramble NULLINGS and you have 95 words, NULLINGS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, NULLING, ULLINGS and UNSLING lead with 8 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NULLINGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 4 with 6, 15 with 5, 34 with 4, 28 with 3 and 10 with 2.
21 of 34 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NULLINGS tie at 5 points; none scores more. SIGN, NULL and GUNS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of NULLINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; NULLING and UNSLING (8 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts NULLINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NULLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 95) | 74 | 93 | 65 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
19 of the 95 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NULLINGS, ULLINGS, NISGUL, ULLING, GUSLI, GINN, INGS, LIGS, SNIG, GUS, ING, LIG and 7 more. 9 of the 95 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NUGS, GIS, LUNS, NUG, SIG, UNIS, GI, LUN and UNI. 2 of the 95 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS and UGLI.
This word takes every letter of NULLINGS plus a single extra one.