218 words come out when you unscramble WHIMPERING, starting with WHIMPERING itself: 21 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WHIMPER leads with 17 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.
Counting the words from WHIMPERING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 17 with 7, 29 with 6, 32 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The best of the 7-letter words made with WHIMPERING letters is WHIMPER, 17 points; WIMPING on 15 and WHINGER on 14 follow. PRIMING is an everyday pick.
HEWING and WHINGE are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WHIMPERING, 13 points each. HIRING, WIRING and WIPING will look familiar.
WEIGH scores highest among the 5-letter words from WHIMPERING at 12 points, ahead of WHINE on 11 and HEMIN on 10. PRIME, REIGN and MINER are the ones most people know.
PHEW, WHIM and WHIP are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WHIMPERING, 12 points each. WINE, MINI and HIRE will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words from WHIMPERING is HEW, 9 points; HEM and HEP on 8 follow. NEW, MEN and WIN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of WHIMPERING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with WH · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
WHIMPERING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
WHIMPERING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHIMPERING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 177 | 217 | 165 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIGMEN, WEIRING, PEGH, RHIME, EHING, GEMINI, GERMIN, MERING, MIHI, MINGER, WINGE, HING and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WHINGIER, WIMPING, WHINGER, EMPING, GWINE, MEH, PWN, MIRIN, MEG, EW, NEG and GI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
This word takes every letter of WHIMPERING plus a single extra one.