Unscramble PLEUGHING and you have 169 words, PLEUGHING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PLEUGHING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 20 with 6, 21 with 5, 44 with 4, 59 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 6-letter words made with PLEUGHING letters is PLEUGH, 12 points; HIGGLE on 11 and HELING on 10 follow. LINEUP and PLUNGE are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PLEUGHING, GULPH leads with 11 points, then GIGHE and UNHIP on 10. HINGE, LIGNE and GUILE are the familiar ones.
PEGH and PUGH are the top 4-letter words from PLEUGHING, 10 points each. HELP, LINE and HUGE will look familiar.
59 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PLEUGHING; 6 of them share the top score of 8. HIP, PIN and GUN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PLEUGHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PL · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with HELPING (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PLEUGHING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLEUGHING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 125 | 168 | 114 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: PLEUGHING, PEGHING, ENGULPH, INGULPH, PLEUGH, GULPH, HELING, PEGH, PUGGIE, EHING, LEUGH, PINGLE and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: PUGGLE, GUINEP, LUGING, GUNGE, LIPE, IGG, NEG, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: UGLI.
With one more tile, the letters of PLEUGHING spell the words below.