Unscramble VAUNTINGLY and you have 240 words, VAUNTINGLY itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 9 shorter words score 12, among them VANITY, VYING and VAULTING. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from VAUNTINGLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 11 with 7, 31 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
4 of 31 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VAUNTINGLY tie at 12 points; none scores more. GUILTY, TUNING and VANITY will look familiar.
VYING scores highest among the 5-letter words from VAUNTINGLY at 12 points, ahead of VINYL on 11 and GAILY on 9. GIANT, VITAL and UNITY are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from VAUNTINGLY are led by NAVY, TIVY and VINY, 10 points each. GAIN, TINY and LUNG are the familiar ones.
IVY and VLY are the top 3-letter words in VAUNTINGLY, 9 points each. ANY, GAY and INN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of VAUNTINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with VA · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
VAUNTINGLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VAUNTINGLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAUNTINGLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 185 | 239 | 170 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GIANTLY, VAUTING, LYTING, UNVITAL, NYING, UNVAIL, VLY, GULY, GYAL, GYAN, TANLING, TANGUN and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VULNING, GLINTY, LAYIN, LINNY, LIGNAN, TIYN, TYIN, VULN, YAG, NAV, VIN, AGLU and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.