229 words come out when you unscramble SCREWINGS, starting with SCREWINGS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. SCREWING is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SCREWINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 13 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 11 with 2.
CREWING scores highest among the 7-letter words made with SCREWINGS letters at 13 points, ahead of WINCERS on 12 and SEWINGS on 11. SINGERS, SWINGER and RESIGNS are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SCREWINGS are led by SCREWS, WINCER and WINCES, 11 points each. SINGER, SEWING and SWINGS are the familiar ones.
CREWS, SCREW and WINCE share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from SCREWINGS. SIGNS, RINGS and WINGS are the ones most people know.
CREW and WICE are the top 4-letter words in SCREWINGS, 9 points each. NEWS, SIGN and NICE will look familiar.
WIG scores highest among the 3-letter words made with SCREWINGS letters at 7 points, ahead of CIG and NEW on 6. WIN, ICE and SEC are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SCREWINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SCREWING (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SCREWINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCREWINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 181 | 229 | 170 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 229 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCREWINGS, WINGES, GREWS, GRICES, SCRINES, SEWINS, SWEIRS, SWIRES, WICE, WINGE, CRINES, GRICE and 36 more. 11 of the 229 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GWINE, SWINES, CIGS, CIG, EW, NEGS, SIGS, GIS, NEG, SIG and GI.