Unscramble POSTILING and you have 290 words, POSTILING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of POSTILING are on the page: PILOTINGS and PISTOLING, each 12 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from POSTILING by length: 3 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 28 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 28 7-letter words from POSTILING, the top score is 10, reached by 13. LISTING, POSTING and SLOPING are the familiar ones.
Of the 52 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTILING, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. POINTS, LOSING and POSING are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in POSTILING; 11 of them share the top score of 8. POINT, PILOT and SPLIT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with POSTILING letters, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. POST, LONG and SIGN are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTILING, GIP and PIG tie for first at 6 points. NOT, ITS and TOP are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of POSTILING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PILOTINGS and PISTOLING (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POSTILING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTILING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 233 | 290 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POSTILING, POLINGS, POLTING, PILOTIS, PLINGS, PLONGS, POITINS, POTING, TOILINGS, GOLPS, LINGOTS, OLIGIST and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIPOING, INSPO, LINGOS, LIPOS, LOGINS, LIPO, LOGIN, POS, PST, GIS, GOS, PO and 3 more, 15 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of POSTILING plus a single extra one.