Unscramble POISONING and you have 154 words, POISONING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SNOOPING, SPOONING and PIONINGS, 11 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POISONING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 12 with 7, 17 with 6, 24 with 5, 42 with 4, 39 with 3 and 15 with 2.
6 of 42 4-letter words from POISONING tie at 7 points; none scores more. SIGN, SOON and SONG will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of POISONING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of POISONING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. POISONING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POISONING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 154) | 121 | 154 | 101 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: PIONINGS, PIONING, SOOPING, OOPING, SPINONI, NOOPS, PSION, SINING, NONGS, NOOP, SOOP, GINN and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: PONGOS, POOING, POGOS, PONGO, INSPO, POGO, INIONS, POOS, NONIS, POO, POS, GIS and 8 more.
These 4 words take every letter of POISONING plus a single extra one.