221 words come out when you unscramble TEMPINGS, starting with TEMPINGS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 13 points: EMPTINGS and PIGMENTS. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 12 points, PIGMENT, EMPINGS and EMPTING among them. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TEMPINGS split into 3 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 17 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TEMPINGS, GIMPS leads with 10 points, then EMPTS and NEMPT on 9. ITEMS, TIMES and SPENT are the familiar ones.
GIMP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TEMPINGS at 9 points; next come EMPT and IMPS on 8. TIME, ITEM and TIPS will look familiar.
IMP scores highest among the 3-letter words from TEMPINGS at 7 points, ahead of GEM and GIP on 6. GET, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TEMPINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with TE · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EMPTINGS and PIGMENTS (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TEMPINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 173 | 221 | 155 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEMPINGS, EMPTING, PIGMEN, PIMENTS, PIMENT, STEMING, TEMSING, EMPTS, GIPSEN, MINGES, NEMPT, NIMPS and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EMPINGS, EMPING, MIPS, MEGS, STINGE, GITES, MEG, STIM, MES, PST, TEINS, GIS and 6 more, 18 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of TEMPINGS plus a single extra one.