Unscramble WHINGY and you have 23 words, WHINGY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is WHINY, 14 points. 6 letters: 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
W4H43I1N12G23Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from WHINGY by length: 1 with 6 letters, 3 with 5, 6 with 4, 9 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of WHINGY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with WH · ending in GY · all 6-letter words
WHINGY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: WHINGY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHINGY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 23) | 20 | 23 | 18 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HING, NY and ING, 3 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WHINGY and GI, 2 in all.