184 words come out when you unscramble PARINGS, starting with PARINGS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: PARSING, RASPING and SPARING. The best shorter words score 9: 8 of them, SPRING, SPRANG and PARING included. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of PARINGS at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PARINGS by length: 4 with 7 letters, 16 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 12 with 2.
12 of 41 5-letter words from PARINGS tie at 8 points; none scores more. RINGS, GRAIN and GAINS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PARINGS, the top score is 7, reached by 9. SIGN, RING and PAIN are the familiar ones.
GAP, GIP and PIG are the top 3-letter words made with PARINGS letters, 6 points each. AIR, GAS and SPA will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PARINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with PA · ending in GS · all 7-letter words
PARINGS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PARINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 150 | 184 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GRAIPS, PAGRIS, SPAING, GRAIP, PAGRI, SPINAR, AGRINS, ARSING, RANGIS, SARING, SPAG, SPAIN and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RANGS, SIGNA, AGS, GIS, SIG, GI, RAI and SAN, 8 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of PARINGS plus a single extra one.