78 words come out when you unscramble UNGILDING, starting with UNGILDING itself: 12 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: INDULGING. The best shorter words score 10: 6 of them, GUIDING, GLIDING and GILDING included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UNGILDING split into 2 with 9 letters, 10 with 7, 11 with 6, 5 with 5, 16 with 4, 25 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of UNGILDING 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 INDULGING (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: UNGILDING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNGILDING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 78) | 62 | 77 | 55 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 15 of them: UNGILDING, UNGILD, DUING, GING, GLID, GUNG, UNLID, GINN, LIND, ING, LIG, NID and 3 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: LUGING, IGG, LUD, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: UGLI.