Unscramble THROWING and you have 171 words, THROWING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 15 points: INGROWTH and WORTHING. WHORING is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from THROWING by length: 3 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 32 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 16 with 2.
WIGHT tops the 5-letter words from THROWING at 12 points; next come ROWTH and THROW on 11. RIGHT, NORTH and NIGHT will look familiar.
WHIG scores highest among the 4-letter words in THROWING at 11 points, ahead of WHIN and WHIO on 10. TOWN, RING and IRON are the ones most people know.
HOW and WHO are the top 3-letter words made with THROWING letters, 9 points each. NOT, NOW and TWO will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of THROWING, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with TH · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
THROWING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. THROWING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THROWING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 145 | 171 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
26 of the 171 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ROWTING, THINGO, WHIO, WHOT, HOING, WONGI, GNOW, HING, THIG, ROTING, ROWT, THON and 14 more. 7 of the 171 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HONGI, GOTH, OWT, TROG, ORG, GI and OI.
With one more tile, the letters of THROWING spell the words below.