Unscramble PHILANDERINGS to get 492 words. PHILANDERINGS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. It has 13 letters, 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PHILANDERINGS split into 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 4 with 11, 30 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2.
PHILANDERING is the only one of the 12-letter words made with PHILANDERINGS letters; it scores 19 points.
PREHANDLING tops the 11-letter words in PHILANDERINGS at 18 points; next come HINDERLINGS and REHANDLINGS on 16.
Among the 10-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILANDERINGS, HANDSPRING, HEADSPRING and SPRINGHEAD tie for first at 17 points. SHARPENING is an everyday pick.
HANDGRIPS tops the 9-letter words from PHILANDERINGS at 16 points; next come DELPHINIA and LAIRDSHIP on 15. SPREADING, PRESIDING and SHIELDING will look familiar.
DIGRAPHS, HANDGRIP and SPHINGID share the top score of 15 among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILANDERINGS. HANDLING, HEARINGS and HEADINGS are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words from PHILANDERINGS, DIGRAPH, GRAPHED and PHANGED tie for first at 14 points. HELPING, HEADING and SHAPING are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words in PHILANDERINGS, the top score is 12, reached by 13. PHRASE, PARISH and SHAPED are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words made with PHILANDERINGS letters; 6 of them share the top score of 11. HANDS, HEARD and PHASE are everyday picks.
PEGH scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILANDERINGS at 10 points, ahead of EPHA and HAPS on 9. HELP, HARD and HAND are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words from PHILANDERINGS tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAS, HAD and HIP will look familiar.
Short meanings for the 5 highest-scoring answers, starting with HANDGRIPS, INSPHERING, PLANISHING, PLENISHING and SHARPENING (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts PHILANDERINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILANDERINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 492) | 396 | 490 | 361 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHILANDERINGS, HINDERLINGS, REHANDLINGS, HINDERINGS, SHAPENING, DEGARNISH, DELPHINS, DIAPERINGS, HEADRINGS, HINDERLANS, HINDERLINS, INHEARSING and 84 more, 96 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PREHANDLING, DELPHINIA, LAIRDSHIP, DEHAIRING, HANDLINERS, PANDERINGS, HANDLINER, HANDLINES, HERDINGS, SPIDERING, GRINDELIAS, HANDLINE and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: HARELIPS and HARELIP, 2 in all.