Unscramble SAINTING and you have 155 words, SAINTING itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of SAINTING are on the page: SATINING and STAINING, each 9 points. ANTINGS, SAINING and STANING are the best of the shorter words, at 8 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SAINTING split into 3 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 14 with 6, 27 with 5, 54 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 27 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SAINTING, the top score is 6, reached by 17. SAINT, GIANT and GAINS are the familiar ones.
26 of 54 4-letter words made with SAINTING letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. SIGN, ANTI and TAGS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SAINTING but one, change that one, and you get:
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The meaning of SAINTING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SAINTING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAINTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 155) | 116 | 155 | 102 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
39 of the 155 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INGANS, NGATIS, SINING, TANGIS, GANTS, INGAN, NGATI, TANGI, GANS, GANT, GINN, INGS and 27 more. 14 of the 155 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SATINING, ATIGIS, TASING, ATIGI, SIGNA, TIANS, AGS, GIS, SIG, STAN, TIAN, ATS and 2 more.
These 9 words take every letter of SAINTING plus a single extra one.