290 words come out when you unscramble PAUSINGLY, starting with PAUSINGLY itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PAUSINGLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 23 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
7 of 23 7-letter words in PAUSINGLY tie at 13 points; none scores more. PLAYING will look familiar.
Among 57 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PAUSINGLY, the top score is 12, reached by 7. SAYING, SIGNAL and PAYING are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 5-letter words from PAUSINGLY tie at 11 points; none scores more. PLANS, PLAIN and PLAYS will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from PAUSINGLY, GAPY and GYPS tie for first at 10 points. PLAY, GUYS and PLUG are everyday picks.
GYP scores highest among the 3-letter words in PAUSINGLY at 9 points, ahead of PAY and PLY on 8. ANY, GAY and SAY are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PAUSINGLY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GUNPLAYS, PALSYING and SPLAYING (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PAUSINGLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAUSINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 224 | 290 | 212 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAUSINGLY, PLAYINGS, UPLAYING, PAYINGS, UPLYING, PIGSNY, PYGALS, SYPING, GASPY, GILPY, LAYINGS, PUISNY and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAYINS, LAYIN, YAGS, LIPAS, PALIS, PULAS, YAG, INSULA, LIPA, YAS, AGS and GI, 12 in all.