230 words come out when you unscramble QUIETINGS, starting with QUIETINGS itself: 19 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, QUESTING and QUIETING lead with 18 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from QUIETINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 27 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble QUIETINGS is GUQINS, 16 points; QUEINT and QUIETS on 15 follow. GENIUS, IGNITE and SEQUIN are everyday picks.
GUQIN and SQUEG are the top 5-letter words from QUIETINGS, 15 points each. USING, QUITE and UNITS will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with QUIETINGS letters, QINS, QUIN and QUIT tie for first at 13 points. SITE, SIGN and SENT are everyday picks.
QIN, QIS and SUQ are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble QUIETINGS, 12 points each. USE, GET and ITS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of QUIETINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with QU · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by QUESTING and QUIETING (18 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: QUIETINGS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUIETINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 176 | 230 | 161 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: QUIETINGS, QUITING, GUQINS, QUINIES, GUQIN, QUEINT, QUINES, QUINIE, QUITES, QUINE, QUIST, SQUIT and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: STINGE, GITES, TEGUS, NEGS, NUGS, TEGU, TEINS, GIS, NEG, NUG, SIG, EST and 3 more.