Unscramble PLONGING and you have 72 words, PLONGING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PONGING, 11 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PLONGING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 10 with 5, 20 with 4, 23 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Keep every letter of PLONGING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PL · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PONGING (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: PLONGING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLONGING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 57 | 72 | 50 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PLONGING, PLING, PLONG, GOLP, OGGIN, GING, GINN, INGO, NONG, GIO, GON, ING and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIPO, LOGIN, IGG, NONI, PO, GI and OI, 7 in all.