Unscramble STICKLINGS and you have 225 words, STICKLINGS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from STICKLINGS split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 10 with 8, 22 with 7, 31 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 9 with 2.
The 7-letter words from STICKLINGS are led by LICKING, SICKING and TICKING, 14 points each. LISTING, KISSING and SLICING are the familiar ones.
5 of 31 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STICKLINGS tie at 12 points; none scores more. SKIING, STICKS and CITING will look familiar.
Among 52 5-letter words from STICKLINGS, the top score is 11, reached by 8. LINKS, LISTS and SIGNS are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words in STICKLINGS tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIST, SIGN and LINK will look familiar.
ICK scores highest among the 3-letter words made with STICKLINGS letters at 9 points, ahead of ILK and INK on 7. ITS, KIT and SKI are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STICKLINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ST · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with STICKLING (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: STICKLINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STICKLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 179 | 225 | 167 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: STICKLINGS, SLICKINGS, STICKINGS, TICKLINGS, TISICKS, KISTING, TISICK, GLISKS, SLICINGS, CISSING, GLISK, LIKINS and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: KITINGS, ICKS, CIGS, CLITS, KIS, CIG, CLIT, KI, SIGS, GIS, SIG and GI.
This word takes every letter of STICKLINGS plus a single extra one.