Unscramble SKILLINGS and you have 96 words, SKILLINGS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. KILLINGS and SKILLING are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SKILLINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 11 with 6, 22 with 5, 30 with 4, 19 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SKILLINGS, GINK and KING tie for first at 9 points. SIGN, LINK and SKIN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SKILLINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SK · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of SKILLINGS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SKILLINGS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKILLINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 96) | 81 | 96 | 75 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GLISKS, GLISK, LIKINS, LIKIN, LISKS, LISK, SIK, SILING, SNIGS, INGS, LIGS, SNIG and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KIS, KI, SIGS, GIS, SIG and GI, 6 in all.