Unscramble WHINGDINGS and you have 129 words, WHINGDINGS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. WHINGDING is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from WHINGDINGS split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 6 with 8, 21 with 7, 11 with 6, 12 with 5, 41 with 4, 25 with 3 and 8 with 2.
WHINING and WISHING are the top 7-letter words from WHINGDINGS, 14 points each. SINGING, SIGNING and SHINING will look familiar.
WHID and WHIG share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WHINGDINGS. SIGN, WISH and WIND are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WHINGDINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with WH · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HINDWINGS (17 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WHINGDINGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHINGDINGS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 104 | 129 | 93 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWINDGING, WHININGS, INSWING, HINGS, NIDINGS, SINDING, SNIDING, HING, WINNS, GINGS, NISH, SINING and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WHINGDINGS, WHINGDING, HINDWINGS, HINDWING, DININGS, SIDH, IGGS, IGG, GIS, SIG and GI, 11 in all.