Unscramble TANGLINGS and you have 242 words, TANGLINGS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. TANGLINGS has 1 anagram here, GNATLINGS, scoring 11 like TANGLINGS itself. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from TANGLINGS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 19 with 7, 25 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among 25 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TANGLINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 5. SIGNAL and GIANTS are the familiar ones.
4 of 54 5-letter words from TANGLINGS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SAINT, GIANT and AGING will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in TANGLINGS, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. LAST, SIGN and ANTI are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with TANGLINGS letters, GAG, GIG and IGG tie for first at 5 points. ITS, GAS and SAT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of TANGLINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with TA · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ANGLINGS, ANGSTING, SLANGING, STANGING and TANGLING (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: TANGLINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TANGLINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 191 | 242 | 174 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GNATLINGS, TANGLINGS, GNATLING, GANTING, GATLING, LAGGINS, TANLINGS, ANGLIST, LAGGIN, TANLING, GINGS, INGANS and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ANGSTING, GATINGS, GALING, LIGNANS, LIGNAN, TASING, IGGS, SIGLA, SIGNA, IGG, TIANS, AGS and 5 more, 17 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of TANGLINGS plus a single extra one.