Unscramble POWDERINGS to get 358 words. POWDERINGS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, POWDERING leads with 16 points. 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 POWDERINGS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 24 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
POWDERING is the only one of the 9-letter words in POWDERINGS; it scores 16 points.
DROPWISE and POWERING are the top 8-letter words made with POWDERINGS letters, 14 points each.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble POWDERINGS, the top score is 13, reached by 5. PERIODS, WONDERS and SWINGER are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 6-letter words from POWDERINGS tie at 12 points; none scores more. WONDER, POWERS and POWDER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from POWDERINGS, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. POWER, WORDS and WRONG are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in POWDERINGS is DOWP, 10 points; GOWD and PEWS on 9 follow. NEWS, DOWN and WORD are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with POWDERINGS letters, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. NEW, NOW and OWN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of POWDERINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with PO · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with POWDERING (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: POWDERINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWDERINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 358) | 276 | 357 | 257 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
79 of the 358 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POWDERINGS, DROPWISE, GOWPENS, POWRING, SOWPING, SWORDING, DISGOWN, DISPONGE, GOWPEN, PIDGEONS, POWNDS, POWNIES and 67 more. 22 of the 358 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DISOWNER, DOPINGS, PWNED, SWIPER, WORDIES, PERNODS, PEROGIS, PINGOES, PONGIER, WORDIE, GWINE, PWNS and 10 more. 2 of the 358 answers are missing from Scrabble US: WOPS and WOP. 1 of the 358 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NEGROIDS.