85 words come out when you unscramble ONLOOKING, starting with ONLOOKING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1N12L12O1O1K5I1N12G23
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ONLOOKING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 5 with 6, 7 with 5, 31 with 4, 24 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
4 of 31 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ONLOOKING tie at 9 points; none scores more. LONG, LINK and LOOK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ONLOOKING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ON · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by KONGONI and LOOKING (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ONLOOKING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONLOOKING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 85) | 69 | 85 | 58 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
16 of the 85 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GONK, LOONING, KON, KO, GINN, GOOL, INGO, NONG, GIO, GON, ING, LIG and 4 more. 11 of the 85 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KONGONI, OIK, OLINGO, KI, LOGIN, LOGON, OK, NONI, GI, ONO and OI.