Unscramble RINGINGLY and you have 51 words, RINGINGLY itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GYRING, INLYING and NIGGLY lead with 11 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RINGINGLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 6 with 6, 9 with 5, 15 with 4, 11 with 3 and 4 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of RINGINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
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What RINGINGLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RINGINGLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RINGINGLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 51) | 39 | 51 | 34 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
12 of the 51 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NYING, RIGLING, NIRLING, NIRLY, RIGLIN, GING, RIGG, GINN, NY, ING, LIG and NIRL. 5 of the 51 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INLYING, NIGGLY, LINNY, IGG and GI.
These 3 words take every letter of RINGINGLY plus a single extra one.