92 words come out when you unscramble THIMBLING, starting with THIMBLING itself: 17 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. BLIGHT, GHIBLI and LIMBING are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from THIMBLING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 15 with 5, 28 with 4, 26 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble THIMBLING is MIHI, 9 points; HING and LIMB on 8 follow. MINI, THIN and MINT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of THIMBLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TH · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BLIGHT, GHIBLI and LIMBING (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
THIMBLING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THIMBLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 92) | 75 | 91 | 71 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 17 of them: THIMBLING, LITHING, BILING, MIHI, GIBLI, HING, NIMB, THIG, LITH, LITING, MING, BLIT and 5 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: MILING, BLING, BING and GI. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: BINT.