Unscramble SHIPPING and you have 72 words, SHIPPING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. SHIPPING has 1 anagram here, HIPPINGS, scoring 16 like SHIPPING itself. The strongest shorter word is HIPPING, 15 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SHIPPING by length: 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 4 with 6, 5 with 5, 28 with 4, 21 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of SHIPPING 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 SHIPPING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHIPPING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIPPING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 58 | 72 | 55 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
14 of the 72 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIPPINGS, HIPPINS, HIPPIN, INSHIP, HINGS, PIPIS, HING, PIPI, NISH, ISH, INGS, SNIG and 2 more. 3 of the 72 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GIS, SIG and GI.
These 3 words take every letter of SHIPPING plus a single extra one.