Unscramble REPELLING to get 191 words. REPELLING itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 10, among them PEERING, PEELING and LEEPING. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from REPELLING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 25 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 25 6-letter words made with REPELLING letters, the top score is 9, reached by 4. PEEING, GRILLE and LINGER are the familiar ones.
Of the 36 5-letter words from REPELLING, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. GREEN, GENRE and GRILL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble REPELLING, the top score is 7, reached by 4. LINE, GIRL and RING are the familiar ones.
GIP, PEG and PIG are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble REPELLING, 6 points each. PIN, LEG and PEN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of REPELLING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What REPELLING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. REPELLING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPELLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 132 | 191 | 127 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LEEPING, PELLING, PINGLER, GRIPLE, PINGLE, PENILL, PLING, GEEP, GIRNEL, LEEING, LEGLEN, LEGLIN and 46 more, 58 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EELING, LIPE, PERE, REGIE, NEG and GI, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble US: NELLIE.
With one more tile, the letters of REPELLING spell the words below.