Unscramble TURTLINGS and you have 231 words, TURTLINGS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
T1U12R1T1L12I1N12G23S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from TURTLINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 9 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 24 6-letter words from TURTLINGS, the top score is 7, reached by 18. STRING, RULING and INSULT are the familiar ones.
37 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TURTLINGS tie at 6 points; none scores more. USING, GIRLS and TRUST will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in TURTLINGS, the top score is 5, reached by 44. LIST, SIGN and GIRL are the familiar ones.
Of the 55 3-letter words made with TURTLINGS letters, 20 score 4 points, the group's best. ITS, SUN and RUN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TURTLINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TU · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
What TURTLINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TURTLINGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TURTLINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 173 | 229 | 165 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
56 of the 231 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RUTTINGS, STURTING, SUTTLING, LURINGS, SINGULT, TUTSING, LURGIS, NISGUL, RUINGS, SURING, UNGILT, GIUST and 44 more. 8 of the 231 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NUGS, GIS, LUNS, NUG, SIG, GI, LUN and UNI. 2 of the 231 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS and UGLI.
Each word below uses all the letters of TURTLINGS and one more.