Unscramble PAYINGS to get 151 words. PAYINGS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of PAYINGS is on the page: SPAYING, each 13 points. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, PAYING, SPYING and PIGSNY included. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. PAYINGS as a single 7-tile play makes 63 in Scrabble, 13 plus the 50 bonus, and 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PAYINGS split into 2 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 22 with 5, 56 with 4, 51 with 3 and 14 with 2.
GASPY and GIPSY share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PAYINGS. GAINS, PAINS and PINGS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from PAYINGS, GAPY and GYPS tie for first at 10 points. SIGN, PAIN and GAIN are everyday picks.
GYP tops the 3-letter words made with PAYINGS letters at 9 points; next come PAY and PYA on 8. ANY, GAY and SAY will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of PAYINGS, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with PA · ending in GS · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SPAYING (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PAYINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAYINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 125 | 151 | 116 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAYINGS, PIGSNY, SYPING, GASPY, SNIPY, GYANS, SPAING, GYAN, NYAS, SPAG, SPAIN, SPINA and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: YAGS, YAG, SIGNA, YAS, AGS, GIS, SIG, GI and SAN, 9 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PAYINGS spell the words below.