Unscramble SIFTINGLY to get 172 words. SIFTINGLY itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SIFTINGLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 27 with 6, 32 with 5, 46 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2.
FLYING and IGNIFY share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words from SIFTINGLY. FILING, SITING and TILING are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SIFTINGLY, FISTY, FITLY and NIFTY tie for first at 11 points. GIFTS, LYING and LIFTS are everyday picks.
Of the 46 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SIFTINGLY, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. LIST, SIGN and GIFT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SIFTINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SI · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FLYTINGS (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SIFTINGLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIFTINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 137 | 171 | 125 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIFTINGLY, SNIFTY, FISTY, FINLITS, GLIFTS, LYTING, SLINGY, FINLIT, GLIFT, FY, SNIFT, STILING and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GLINTY, TIYINS, GIFS, TIYIN, TIYNS, TYINS, GIF, TIYN, TYIN, GIS, SIG and GI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of SIFTINGLY spell the words below.