Unscramble SIDELINING and you have 256 words, SIDELINING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SIDELINING split into 1 with 10 letters, 9 with 8, 30 with 7, 42 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 9 letters.
17 of 30 7-letter words made with SIDELINING letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. SENDING, LENDING and SLIDING will look familiar.
Of the 42 6-letter words from SIDELINING, 19 score 8 points, the group's best. DESIGN, SINGLE and INSIDE are the ones most people know.
54 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SIDELINING; 8 of them share the top score of 7. LINES, SLIDE and INDIE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SIDELINING, 10 score 6 points, the group's best. SEND, SIGN and SIDE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SIDELINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SI · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
SIDELINING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SIDELINING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIDELINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 190 | 256 | 177 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
66 of the 256 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DESINING, EILDINGS, SDEINING, EILDING, ELDINGS, INISLING, NIDINGS, SINDING, SNIDING, DINNLES, ELDING, GILDEN and 54 more. 13 of the 256 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LENDINGS, DININGS, LINNIES, INNIES, DENI, DESI, INNIE, NEGS, EDS, GIS, NEG, SIG and 1 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of SIDELINING and one more.