Unscramble SKITTLING and you have 154 words, SKITTLING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SKITTLING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 15 with 7, 13 with 6, 29 with 5, 50 with 4, 30 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SKITTLING, GINKS, GLISK and KINGS tie for first at 10 points. LINKS, STING and SLING are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SKITTLING are led by GINK and KING, 9 points each. LIST, SIGN and LINK are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SKITTLING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SK · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by KILTINGS, KITLINGS and KITTLING (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SKITTLING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKITTLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 154) | 125 | 154 | 119 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SKITTLING, KISTING, GLISK, LIKINS, LIKIN, TILTINGS, TINKS, TITLINGS, LISK, STILING, TIKS, TINK and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KITINGS, KIS, KI, GIS, SIG and GI, 6 in all.