394 words come out when you unscramble WAINSCOTINGS, starting with WAINSCOTINGS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WAINSCOTINGS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 6 with 10, 16 with 9, 44 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
All 2 of the 11-letter words in WAINSCOTINGS score 17 points.
NOWCASTING tops the 10-letter words made with WAINSCOTINGS letters at 16 points; next come AGONISTICS and CONSISTING on 13.
WAINSCOTS scores highest among the 9-letter words from WAINSCOTINGS at 14 points, ahead of SWAININGS and WAISTINGS on 13. SANCTIONS is the one most people know.
The best of the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble WAINSCOTINGS is WINCINGS, 14 points; NOWCASTS and SNOWCATS on 13 follow. CONTAINS, COATINGS and STAINING are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words in WAINSCOTINGS, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. ACTIONS, WAITING and CONTAIN are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words made with WAINSCOTINGS letters, CAWING and COWING tie for first at 12 points. ACTION, ACTING and CITING are everyday picks.
COWAN, SCAWS and SCOWS share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WAINSCOTINGS. WANTS, WINGS and TOWNS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from WAINSCOTINGS; 4 of them share the top score of 9. WANT, TOWN and WAIT are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in WAINSCOTINGS are led by CAW and COW, 8 points each. WAS, CAN and NOW are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of WAINSCOTINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with WA · ending in GS · all 12-letter words
What WAINSCOTINGS means, then the 6 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WAINSCOTINGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAINSCOTINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 394) | 302 | 394 | 279 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
92 of the 394 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NOWCASTINGS, NOWCASTING, WINCINGS, AGONISTICS, CAWINGS, NOWCASTS, SOWCING, SWAININGS, ANICONISTS, INSWINGS, NOWCAST, STOWINGS and 80 more. 23 of the 394 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SNOWCATS, ACTIONING, COGNISANT, SNOWCAT, COSTINGS, COTINGAS, GNOSTICS, SOWINGS, CANINGS, COTINGA, SATINING, WITANS and 11 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of WAINSCOTINGS and one more.