Unscramble UNDERLYING and you have 296 words, UNDERLYING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of UNDERLYING is on the page: ENDURINGLY, each 15 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from UNDERLYING by length: 2 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 27 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
UNDERLYING and 1 anagram, ENDURINGLY, make up the 10-letter words in UNDERLYING; each scores 15 points.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with UNDERLYING letters: UNDERLING, 11 points.
Among 27 7-letter words from UNDERLYING, the top score is 12, reached by 4. LENDING, RELYING and DENYING are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble UNDERLYING, 7 score 11 points, the group's best. ENDING, DINNER and DRYING are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from UNDERLYING; 12 of them share the top score of 10. GUIDE, RIDGE and YIELD are everyday picks.
EDGY tops the 4-letter words in UNDERLYING at 9 points; next come DENY and DREY on 8. DRUG, GRID and GREY will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with UNDERLYING letters, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. END, RED and DUE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UNDERLYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UN · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of UNDERLYING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
UNDERLYING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNDERLYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 215 | 296 | 202 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
81 of the 296 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YELDRING, GUILDRY, GUYLINER, YERDING, GINNERY, GUYLED, GYLDEN, RENYING, YEDING, DERNLY, DURGY, GRYDE and 69 more. 13 of the 296 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GURDY, GYNIE, LINNEY, RINDY, LINNY, RUNGED, RYU, YER, DENI, LUD, NEG, NUG and 1 more.
With one more tile, the letters of UNDERLYING spell the words below.