Unscramble SAILPLANING and you have 306 words, SAILPLANING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. SALPINGIAN is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SAILPLANING split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 11 with 8, 37 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 15 with 2.
SALPINGIAN is the only one of the 10-letter words in SAILPLANING; it scores 13 points.
Among 37 7-letter words from SAILPLANING, the top score is 10, reached by 17. SAILING is the familiar one.
13 of 60 6-letter words made with SAILPLANING letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. SIGNAL, PLAINS and LINING will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SAILPLANING, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. AGAIN, PLANS and PLAIN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from SAILPLANING; 7 of them share the top score of 7. PLAN, PAIN and GAIN are everyday picks.
GAP, GIP and PIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in SAILPLANING. ALL, GAS and INN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SAILPLANING but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; PLAINING, SPALLING, SPILLING and SPLINING (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SAILPLANING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAILPLANING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 306) | 243 | 306 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 306 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SALPINGIAN, ILLAPSING, PLAININGS, LAIPSING, LANGSPIL, PILLINGS, SPAINING, LAPSANG, PALAGIS, SPANING, NAILINGS, NAPING and 51 more. 20 of the 306 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ALIASING, PANINIS, LIGNANS, PANINI, LIGNAN, LIPAS, NAPAS, PAANS, PALIS, PALSA, PIANI, LIPA and 8 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SAILPLANING spell the words below.