Unscramble PALINGS to get 176 words. PALINGS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: LAPSING and SAPLING. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of PALINGS in one turn: 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50), 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PALINGS split into 3 with 7 letters, 13 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 38 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PALINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 5. PLANS, PLAIN and GAINS are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words from PALINGS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SIGN, PLAN and PAIN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PALINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PA · ending in GS · all 7-letter words
PALINGS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PALINGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 153 | 176 | 142 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
23 of the 176 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PLINGS, SPAING, PLING, SPAG, SPAIN, SPIAL, SPINA, GILAS, PAIS, PILA, GANS, GILA and 11 more. 11 of the 176 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIPAS, PALIS, LIPA, PALI, SIGLA, SIGNA, AGS, GIS, SIG, GI and SAN.
These 12 words take every letter of PALINGS plus a single extra one.