Possible Words From hinting
By length, the words from HINTING split into 2 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 4 with 5, 8 with 4, 12 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with hinting
2 words · top score 11 (+50 for all 7 tiles)
2 7-letter words in HINTING use every letter: HINTING and its 1 anagram NITHING, all with 11 points.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with hinting
2 words · top score 7
The 6-letter words made with HINTING letters come to 2, each scoring 7 points.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with hinting
4 words · top score 9 · everyday: NIGHT, THING, NINTH
NIGHT and THING share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words from HINTING. NINTH is the one most people know.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with hinting
8 words · top score 8 · everyday: THIN, HINT, TING
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HINTING, HING, NIGH and THIG tie for first at 8 points. THIN, HINT and TING are everyday picks.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with hinting
12 words · top score 7 · everyday: INN, HIT, TIN
GHI scores highest among the 3-letter words from HINTING at 7 points, ahead of HIN and HIT on 6. INN, TIN and GIN are the ones most people know.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with hinting
5 words · top score 5 · everyday: IN, IT, HI
HI tops the 2-letter words in HINTING at 5 points; next come GI on 3 and IN on 2. IT will look familiar.
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Neighbor Words of HINTING
Trade one tile of HINTING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
- I O gives NOTHING · unscramble nothing
- I U gives HUNTING · unscramble hunting
- N C gives ITCHING · unscramble itching
- N W gives WHITING · unscramble whiting
- T C gives INCHING · words from inching
- H W gives TWINING · unscramble twining
More 7-letter words: starting with HI · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
Meanings of the Strongest HINTING Answers
HINTING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- HINTING 11 · 13
- to suggest indirectly
- NIGHT 9 · 10
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- THING 9 · 10
- a special situation
- NIGH 8 · 9
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- NINTH 8 · 9
- coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position
- GHI 7 · 7
- a kind of liquid butter
- HINT 7 · 7
- drop a hint; intimate by a hint
- THIN 7 · 7
- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
Can You Play HINTING in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
HINTING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 33) | 24 | 33 | 24 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
9 of the 33 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NITHING, HING, THIG, INTING, GINN, INNIT, ING, TIG and INT.
Unscramble HINTING and you have 33 words, HINTING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. HINTING has 1 anagram here, NITHING, scoring 11 like HINTING itself. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of HINTING in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
Longer Words Built on HINTING
Each word below uses all the letters of HINTING and one more.