218 words come out when you unscramble STARING, starting with STARING itself: 8 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. STARING has 4 anagrams here, GASTRIN, GRATINS, RATINGS and TARINGS, scoring 8 like STARING itself. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of STARING in one turn: 58 in Scrabble (8 + 50), 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from STARING by length: 5 with 7 letters, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 24 6-letter words in STARING, the top score is 7, reached by 20. RATING, STRING and GRATIS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STARING, 36 score 6 points, the group's best. GRANT, SAINT and RINGS are the ones most people know.
42 of 60 4-letter words from STARING tie at 5 points; none scores more. SIGN, ARTS and ANTI will look familiar.
54 3-letter words from STARING; 16 of them share the top score of 4. ITS, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of STARING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with ST · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
What STARING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STARING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 167 | 218 | 156 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TARINGS, AGRINS, ARSING, NGATIS, RANGIS, SARING, STRIGA, TANGIS, AGRIN, GAIRS, GANTS, GARIS and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TASING, RANGS, SIGNA, AGS, GIS, RAIS, SIG, ATS, GI, RAI and SAN, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of STARING and one more.