Unscramble PROVINGS to get 196 words. PROVINGS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. PROVING is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PROVINGS split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 23 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 15 with 2.
ROVING and VIGORS share the top score of 10 among the 6-letter words made with PROVINGS letters. SPRING, PRISON and POSING are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROVINGS is VOIPS, 10 points; VIGOR on 9 and GIPON on 8 follow. RINGS, IRONS and GRIPS are everyday picks.
SPIV and VOIP share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words from PROVINGS. SIGN, SONG and RING are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PROVINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PR · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PROVING (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PROVINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROVINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 155 | 194 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PROVINGS, PROIGNS, VOIPS, PROIGN, SPRONG, VOIP, GOVS, PROINS, VISON, GOV, PROIN, PSION and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ROPINGS, PORINS, SPROG, VOGS, INSPO, PORIN, VINS, VOG, VIN, ORGS, POS, GIS and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.
This word takes every letter of PROVINGS plus a single extra one.