Unscramble PULLEYING and you have 192 words, PULLEYING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PULINGLY, 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PULLEYING split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 26 with 6, 27 with 5, 56 with 4, 59 with 3 and 16 with 2.
PULINGLY is the only one of the 8-letter words in PULLEYING; it scores 14 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PULLEYING, GILPEY, PLYING and PYEING tie for first at 12 points. LINEUP, PLUNGE and PULLEY are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from PULLEYING are led by GILPY and GULPY, 11 points each. LYING, LIGNE and GUILE are the familiar ones.
8 of 56 4-letter words made with PULLEYING letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. LINE, NULL and PLUG will look familiar.
GYP scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PULLEYING at 9 points, ahead of PLY and PUY on 8. GUY, PIN and GUN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PULLEYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PU · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of PULLEYING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: PULLEYING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PULLEYING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 192) | 143 | 191 | 133 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
48 of the 192 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UPLYING, GILPEY, PYEING, GILPY, PELLING, PULLY, GUYLE, LUNYIE, PINGLE, PULY, PYNE, GULY and 36 more. 10 of the 192 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PULLEYING, GELLY, GUINEP, GYNIE, LIPE, NEG, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI. 1 of the 192 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.