Unscramble STARTLINGS and you have 317 words, STARTLINGS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
S1T1A1R1T1L12I1N12G23S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from STARTLINGS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 18 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 18 8-letter words in STARTLINGS, 15 score 9 points, the group's best. STARTING is the one most people know.
Among 35 7-letter words from STARTLINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 19. RATINGS, ARTISTS and TRANSIT are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STARTLINGS; 49 of them share the top score of 7. RATING, ARTIST and STRING are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STARTLINGS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. GIRLS, GLASS and GRANT are the familiar ones.
55 of 60 4-letter words from STARTLINGS tie at 5 points; none scores more. SIGN, GIRL and RING will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in STARTLINGS, 19 score 4 points, the group's best. ITS, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STARTLINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ST · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by RATTLINGS, SLATTINGS, STARLINGS and STARTLING (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: STARTLINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARTLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 251 | 317 | 236 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 66 of them: STARTLINGS, STARTINGS, ANGLISTS, RATLINGS, RATTINGS, SLARTING, STARINGS, ANGLIST, LASINGS, RATLING, RATTLINS, SLAIRGS and 54 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: TASTINGS, ATTING, STATINS, TASING, RANGS, SIGLA, SIGNA, SIGS, AGS, GIS, SIG, ATS and 3 more.
This word takes every letter of STARTLINGS plus a single extra one.