Unscramble SHIMMING and you have 64 words, SHIMMING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SHIMMING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 7 with 5, 24 with 4, 19 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of SHIMMING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The meaning of SHIMMING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SHIMMING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIMMING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 64) | 48 | 64 | 44 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MISHMI, IMSHI, MIHIS, HINGS, MIHI, HING, MINGS, GISM, MING, NISH, ISH, SIMI and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HIMS, GIS, SIG and GI, 4 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SHIMMING spell the words below.