Unscramble SOOTINGS and you have 142 words, SOOTINGS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
S1O1O1T1I1N12G23S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SOOTINGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 12 with 6, 22 with 5, 46 with 4, 40 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 22 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SOOTINGS, 14 score 6 points, the group's best. SONGS, SIGNS and TOONS are the ones most people know.
Among 46 4-letter words from SOOTINGS, the top score is 5, reached by 22. SIGN, SOON and SONG are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SOOTINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SO · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ISOGONS, SOOTING, STINGOS and TOSSING (8 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SOOTINGS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOOTINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 101 | 142 | 93 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
41 of the 142 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SOOTINGS, TOINGS, TOISONS, TOSING, NOSTOI, NOSTOS, SNIGS, STONG, TOING, TOISON, GIOS, GONS and 29 more. 8 of the 142 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SIGS, GIS, GOS, ONOS, SIG, GI, ONO and OI.
These 5 words take every letter of SOOTINGS plus a single extra one.