289 words come out when you unscramble PATCHINGS, starting with PATCHINGS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. PATCHINGS has 1 anagram here, NIGHTCAPS, scoring 17 like PATCHINGS itself. PATCHING and NIGHTCAP are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PATCHINGS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 26 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 26 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PATCHINGS, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. CASTING, SHAPING and SPACING are the ones most people know.
57 6-letter words from PATCHINGS; 6 of them share the top score of 13. THINGS, NIGHTS and ACTING are everyday picks.
7 of 60 5-letter words in PATCHINGS tie at 12 points; none scores more. NIGHT, CHINA and PATCH will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with PATCHINGS letters, CAPH, CHAP and CHIP tie for first at 11 points. CHAT, PICS and CASH are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PATCHINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 10. CAN, HAS and ACT are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of PATCHINGS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with NIGHTCAPS (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PATCHINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATCHINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 235 | 289 | 204 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PATCHINGS, PATHICS, ACHINGS, PATHIC, PATHING, PHANGS, PIGHTS, SPIGHT, GANCH, NICHTS, PHANG, PIGHT and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HAPTICS, CAPISH, CATHING, CHINGS, PACINGS, SHITCAN, CAPING, CHING, GATCH, GINCH, GITCH, CATHS and 19 more, 31 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of PATCHINGS plus a single extra one.