Unscramble POLISHINGS to get 287 words. POLISHINGS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 15: 4 of them, POLISHING, LONGSHIPS and SPLISHING included. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from POLISHINGS split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 8 with 8, 30 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
GINSHOP, PISHING and POSHING are the top 7-letter words from POLISHINGS, 13 points each. SLOPING will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POLISHINGS, HOPING and POHING tie for first at 12 points. POLISH, LOSING and POSING are everyday picks.
5 of 60 5-letter words from POLISHINGS tie at 10 points; none scores more. SHIPS, SONGS and SHOPS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in POLISHINGS, 12 score 9 points, the group's best. SHOP, SHIP and SLIP are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 3-letter words made with POLISHINGS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. LOG, OIL and SON will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POLISHINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PO · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LONGSHIPS, POLISHING and SPLOSHING (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: POLISHINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLISHINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 231 | 287 | 200 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
56 of the 287 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLISHINGS, SPLISHING, GINSHOPS, GINSHOP, POSHING, INSHIPS, POHING, HOLINGS, INSHIP, SPLISH, HOIING, HONGIS and 44 more. 31 of the 287 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LISPINGS, SHLONGS, HOISINS, LIPOING, SHLONG, SHOGIS, HOISIN, HONGI, PHOS, SHOGI, GLIOSIS, INSPOS and 19 more.