Unscramble SAMPLING and you have 237 words, SAMPLING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. SAMPLING has 2 anagrams here, LAMPINGS and PSALMING, scoring 13 like SAMPLING itself. The strongest shorter words are LAMPING, MAGILPS and PALMING, 12 points each. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SAMPLING split into 3 with 8 letters, 10 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 27 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SAMPLING, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. SIGNAL, PLAINS and SPINAL are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from SAMPLING, GAMPS, GIMPS and GLAMP tie for first at 10 points. PLANS, PLAIN and SIGMA are everyday picks.
GAMP and GIMP are the top 4-letter words from SAMPLING, 9 points each. MAIL, MAIN and MAPS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in SAMPLING, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. MAP, MAN and GAS are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of SAMPLING, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
SAMPLING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SAMPLING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMPLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 200 | 237 | 184 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAMPINGS, PIGMAN, PANIMS, APISM, MASING, NIMPS, PANIM, PLIMS, PLINGS, SAMPI, SPAING, MANGS and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AMPING, GLAMPS, GLAMP, GLAMS, MIPS, SPAM, GLAM, LIPAS, MANIS, PALIS, LIPA, MANI and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SAMPLING and one more.