Unscramble SUBSTITUTING to get 228 words. SUBSTITUTING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. BITTINGS, BUISTING and BUSTINGS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SUBSTITUTING split into 1 with 12 letters, 8 with 8, 22 with 7, 25 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 11, 10 or 9 letters.
Of the 22 7-letter words in SUBSTITUTING, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. SITTING, ISSUING and SUBUNIT are the ones most people know.
BITING, BUSING and TUBING are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBSTITUTING, 9 points each. INSIST, STUNTS and INTUIT will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from SUBSTITUTING, BINGS, BUNGS and GIBUS tie for first at 8 points. USING, UNITS and SIGNS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with SUBSTITUTING letters, the top score is 7, reached by 6. SIGN, BITS and SUIT are the familiar ones.
51 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBSTITUTING; 4 of them share the top score of 6. BUT, ITS and BIG are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SUBSTITUTING for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with SU · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BITTINGS (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SUBSTITUTING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBSTITUTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 181 | 226 | 169 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BUISTING, BUSTINGS, BITINGS, TUTTINGS, UNBITTS, BINGS, BUISTS, BUSTIS, GIBUS, SISTING, SITINGS, TITTING and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UNSUBS, BING, SUSING, UNSUB, NUGS, SIGS, GIS, NUG, SIG, GI, SUS and UNI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT, 2 in all.