Unscramble PUTTINGS and you have 155 words, PUTTINGS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PUTTINGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 5 with 6, 22 with 5, 56 with 4, 52 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PUTTINGS, PINGS and PUNGS tie for first at 8 points. USING, INPUT and UNITS are everyday picks.
7 of 56 4-letter words from PUTTINGS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SIGN, TIPS and UNIT will look familiar.
52 3-letter words in PUTTINGS; 4 of them share the top score of 6. ITS, SUN and PUT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PUTTINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PU · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PIGNUTS and PUTTING (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PUTTINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUTTINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 155) | 129 | 155 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
26 of the 155 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PUTTINGS, STUPING, TITUPS, TUTSING, GUPS, SPUG, TITUP, GIUST, GUP, TIPT, INGS, INUST and 14 more. 9 of the 155 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PTUI, NUGS, PST, GIS, NUG, SIG, UNIS, GI and UNI.
With one more tile, the letters of PUTTINGS spell the words below.