Unscramble UNDERLING and you have 279 words, UNDERLING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 4 of them, ENDURING, INDULGER and NURDLING included. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from UNDERLING split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
33 of 60 6-letter words from UNDERLING tie at 8 points; none scores more. ENDING, DINNER and LINDEN will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UNDERLING, 18 score 7 points, the group's best. UNDER, GUIDE and INNER are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UNDERLING; 14 of them share the top score of 6. GIRL, DRUG and GRID are everyday picks.
5 of 60 3-letter words from UNDERLING tie at 5 points; none scores more. END, RED and DUE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of UNDERLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UN · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ENDURING and INDULGER (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. UNDERLING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNDERLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 204 | 279 | 196 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 75 of them: NURDLING, UNRINGED, DERNING, GRUNDLE, DERING, DUNGER, DUNNIER, ELDING, GILDEN, GURLED, GURNED, LIDGER and 63 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: RUNGED, DENI, INRUN, LUD, NEG, NUG, GI and LUN.
These 7 words take every letter of UNDERLING plus a single extra one.