Unscramble SHIELDINGS and you have 312 words, SHIELDINGS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SHIELDING leads with 14 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SHIELDINGS split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 16 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 17 with 2.
35 7-letter words from SHIELDINGS; 6 of them share the top score of 12. DESIGNS, SINGLES and SLIDING are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIELDINGS, the top score is 11, reached by 4. DESIGN, SINGLE and INSIDE are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 5-letter words in SHIELDINGS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SIDES, INDIE and SENDS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SHIELDINGS letters, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. HELD, ENDS and HIDE are the ones most people know.
EDH, GHI and HID are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIELDINGS, 7 points each. END, LED and DIE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of SHIELDINGS, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with SH · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SHIELDING (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SHIELDINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIELDINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 312) | 236 | 312 | 220 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 76 of them: SHIELDINGS, DISHINGS, HIDLINGS, HINDLEGS, SHEILINGS, HIDLING, HINDLEG, LINISHED, SHEILING, HIDLINS, LINISHES, SIDELINGS and 64 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: DELISH, DESHIS, DESHI, SIDHE, SIDH, GLISSE, SESH, SHEN, DESIS, DENI, DESI, EDS and 4 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SHIELDINGS spell the words below.