Unscramble STOPINGS to get 210 words. STOPINGS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: POSTINGS and SIGNPOST. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from STOPINGS by length: 3 with 8 letters, 10 with 7, 28 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 18 with 2.
8 of 28 6-letter words from STOPINGS tie at 9 points; none scores more. POINTS, POSING and GOSSIP will look familiar.
Of the 41 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STOPINGS, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. POSTS, POINT and SONGS are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STOPINGS tie at 7 points; none scores more. POST, SIGN and TIPS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from STOPINGS, GIP and PIG tie for first at 6 points. NOT, ITS and TOP are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of STOPINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ST · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
What STOPINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: STOPINGS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOPINGS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 171 | 210 | 159 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POSINGS, POSSING, POTING, POTINS, PSIONS, PONTS, POTIN, PSION, TOINGS, TOSING, PONT, POSS and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STOPINGS, INSPOS, INSPO, POS, PST, SIGS, GIS, GOS, PO, SIG, GI and OI, 12 in all.
These 8 words take every letter of STOPINGS plus a single extra one.