Unscramble SHINTYING to get 128 words. SHINTYING itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are NIGHTY, SHYING and THINGY, 13 points each. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SHINTYING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 16 with 6, 24 with 5, 39 with 4, 29 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHINTYING, HYING leads with 12 points, then HINNY and SHINY on 11. NIGHT, THING and SIGHT are the familiar ones.
6 of 39 4-letter words from SHINTYING tie at 8 points; none scores more. SIGN, HITS and TINY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SHINTYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with NIGHTY, SHYING and THINGY (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHINTYING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHINTYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 98 | 128 | 87 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 30 of them: SHINTYING, HINTINGS, NITHINGS, NITHING, SHITING, SITHING, SYNING, HINGS, NYING, THIGS, HING, THIG and 18 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: THINGY, SHINTY, TIYINS, TIYIN, TIYNS, TYINS, TIYN, TYIN, GIS, SIG and GI.