Unscramble SLEUTHINGS and you have 350 words, SLEUTHINGS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SLEUTHINGS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 19 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
10 of 19 8-letter words in SLEUTHINGS tie at 12 points; none scores more. SUNLIGHT, UTENSILS and SHINGLES will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SLEUTHINGS, 15 score 11 points, the group's best. SINGLES, LENGTHS and LISTENS are the ones most people know.
16 of 60 6-letter words from SLEUTHINGS tie at 10 points; none scores more. THINGS, LENGTH and LIGHTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SLEUTHINGS, 19 score 9 points, the group's best. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in SLEUTHINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 13. THEN, HUGE and THUS are the familiar ones.
GHI, HUG and UGH are the top 3-letter words made with SLEUTHINGS letters, 7 points each. GET, ITS and LET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SLEUTHINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SL · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
SLEUTHINGS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SLEUTHINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLEUTHINGS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 350) | 272 | 350 | 253 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HUSTLINGS, ENLIGHTS, ENLIGHT, GLUEISH, LUSHIEST, SHULING, ELSHINS, GLUISH, HELING, HETING, LUSHIES, STUSHIE and 66 more, 78 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SLEUTHINGS, SLUSHIE, GLUINESS, SHITES, SNIGLETS, SHITE, SNIGLET, STINGES, GLISSE, GLUTES, SESH, SHEN and 7 more, 19 in all.