43 words come out when you unscramble PONGING, starting with PONGING itself: 11 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 8, among them NOGGIN, GIPON and OPING. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of PONGING in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PONGING by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 6 with 5, 10 with 4, 15 with 3 and 10 with 2.
NOGGIN is the only one of the 6-letter words made with PONGING letters; it scores 8 points.
Trade one tile of PONGING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
What PONGING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PONGING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONGING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 43) | 33 | 43 | 28 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
10 of the 43 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OGGIN, GING, GINN, INGO, NONG, GIO, GON, ING, NON and IO. 5 of the 43 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: IGG, NONI, PO, GI and OI.
These 4 words take every letter of PONGING plus a single extra one.