Unscramble PLATINGS and you have 249 words, PLATINGS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: SPALTING and STAPLING. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 10 points, PLATING, PASTING and SAPLING among them. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PLATINGS split into 3 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 35 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PLATINGS, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. PLANTS, SIGNAL and PLAINS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from PLATINGS; 5 of them share the top score of 8. PLANS, PLANT and PLAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from PLATINGS, the top score is 7, reached by 7. PLAN, PAST and TIPS are the familiar ones.
GAP, GIP and PIG are the top 3-letter words in PLATINGS, 6 points each. ITS, GAS and TAG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PLATINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PL · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
What PLATINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PLATINGS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLATINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 216 | 249 | 203 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
33 of the 249 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPALTING, APTING, PLINGS, SPAING, ANGLIST, PLING, NGATIS, PLAST, SPAG, SPAIN, SPALT, SPIAL and 21 more. 13 of the 249 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TAPINGS, LIPAS, PALIS, TASING, LIPA, PALI, SIGLA, PST, AGS, GIS, SIG, ATS and 1 more.
These 7 words take every letter of PLATINGS plus a single extra one.