Unscramble UNWINDINGS to get 131 words. UNWINDINGS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. UNWINDING is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UNWINDINGS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 17 with 7, 11 with 6, 12 with 5, 37 with 4, 37 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in UNWINDINGS: UNWINDING, 14 points.
Among the 7-letter words from UNWINDINGS, DWINING, WINDGUN and WINDING tie for first at 12 points. WINNING and INNINGS are everyday picks.
37 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UNWINDINGS; 5 of them share the top score of 8. SIGN, WIND and WING are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of UNWINDINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UN · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; UNWINDING (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
UNWINDINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNWINDINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 131) | 97 | 131 | 89 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNWINDINGS, WINDGUNS, WINDGUN, INSWING, DUNNINGS, NIDINGS, SINDING, SNIDING, WINNS, WUDS, DUING, SINING and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DININGS, NUGS, GIS, NUG, SIG, UNIS, GI and UNI, 8 in all.