257 words come out when you unscramble STARLING, starting with STARLING itself: 9 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of STARLING are on the page: RATLINGS and SLARTING, each 9 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
Looking for tranglis or rtnglias? They use the same letters as STARLING, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STARLING by length: 3 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 44 6-letter words from STARLING, 35 score 7 points, the group's best. RATING, STRING and SIGNAL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STARLING, the top score is 6, reached by 56. GIRLS, GRANT and RINGS are the familiar ones.
53 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STARLING tie at 5 points; none scores more. SIGN, GIRL and RING will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from STARLING, 19 score 4 points, the group's best. ITS, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STARLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ST · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The meaning of STARLING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STARLING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 207 | 257 | 196 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
50 of the 257 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RATLINGS, SLARTING, ANGLIST, RATLING, TARINGS, AGRINS, ARLING, ARSING, NGATIS, RANGIS, SARING, SLAIRG and 38 more. 11 of the 257 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TASING, RANGS, SIGLA, SIGNA, AGS, GIS, SIG, ATS, GI, RAI and SAN.
These 12 words take every letter of STARLING plus a single extra one.