186 words come out when you unscramble PETTINGS, starting with PETTINGS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of PETTINGS is on the page: SPETTING, each 11 points. The strongest shorter word is PETTING, 10 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PETTINGS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
The 5-letter words from PETTINGS are led by GENIP and PINGS, 8 points each. SPENT, SPINE and SPITE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words made with PETTINGS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 7. SIGN, TIPS and STEP are everyday picks.
GIP, PEG and PIG are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PETTINGS, 6 points each. GET, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PETTINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PE · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
What PETTINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PETTINGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETTINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 150 | 186 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: SPETTING, GIPSEN, SPITTEN, NEPITS, PETTIS, PITTEN, NEPIT, PENTS, PIETS, STEPT, ETTINS, GEIST and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: STINGE, GITES, GITE, NEGS, PST, STENT, TEINS, GIS, NEG, SIG, EST, GI and 2 more.
These 2 words take every letter of PETTINGS plus a single extra one.