404 words come out when you unscramble PHILANDERING, starting with PHILANDERING itself: 19 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PREHANDLING, 18 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PHILANDERING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 4 with 10, 20 with 9, 47 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in PHILANDERING: PREHANDLING, for 18 points.
NEPHRIDIAL scores highest among the 10-letter words made with PHILANDERING letters at 16 points, ahead of HEADLINING and REHANDLING on 15.
The 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILANDERING are led by DELPHINIA, NEPHRIDIA and PHILANDER, 15 points each. HARDENING is the familiar one.
HANDGRIP scores highest among the 8-letter words from PHILANDERING at 15 points, ahead of HIRPLING and RALPHING on 14. LEARNING, HANDLING and PLEADING are the ones most people know.
The 7-letter words from PHILANDERING are led by DIGRAPH, GRAPHED and PHANGED, 14 points each. HEARING, HELPING and HEALING are the familiar ones.
DAPHNE and HARPED are the top 6-letter words in PHILANDERING, 12 points each. HANDLE, HERALD and HIRING will look familiar.
60 5-letter words made with PHILANDERING letters; 5 of them share the top score of 11. HEARD, GRAPH and HIRED are everyday picks.
PEGH tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILANDERING at 10 points; next come EPHA and HARP on 9. PAGE, HELP and HARD will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from PHILANDERING, the top score is 8, reached by 6. HAD, HIP and PIN are the familiar ones.
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HANDGRIP, HEADLINING and REHANDLING (15 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PHILANDERING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILANDERING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 404) | 330 | 401 | 304 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHANGED, DELPHIN, HEADRING, HEALDING, HEADRIG, HENDING, HIDLING, HINDLEG, PLAIDING, DELPH, ENLARDING, GHRELIN and 62 more, 74 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PREHANDLING, DELPHINIA, DEHAIRING, HANDLINER, HANDLINE, GRINDELIA, RELANDING, DANGLIER, DEHAIR, HANDER, LIPREAD, AHING and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPING and LARPED, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: HARELIP.
With one more tile, the letters of PHILANDERING spell the words below.