Unscramble SHIGIND and you get 60 words; SHIGIND itself is not one of them. The best are DISHING, SHINDIG and HIDINGS at 12 points each. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SHIGIND split into 3 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 4 with 5, 25 with 4, 18 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of SHIGIND but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DI · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DISHING, HIDINGS and SHINDIG (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
None of the three games accepts SHIGIND itself. Its letters still make 60 playable words, split by game below.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIGIND itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 60) | 48 | 60 | 44 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
12 of the 60 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HINGS, HING, NISH, ISH, INGS, NIDS, SIND, SNIG, ING, NID, DI and NIS. 4 of the 60 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SIDH, GIS, SIG and GI.
These 7 words take every letter of SHIGIND plus a single extra one.