Unscramble WHISTLING and you have 188 words, WHISTLING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. WHISTLING has 1 anagram here, WHITLINGS, scoring 16 like WHISTLING itself. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
W4H43I1S1T1L12I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from WHISTLING split into 2 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 19 with 7, 22 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 32 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WHISTLING, WIGHTS leads with 13 points, then INWITH and WHILST on 12. WITHIN, THINGS and LIGHTS are the familiar ones.
WHIGS and WIGHT are the top 5-letter words in WHISTLING, 12 points each. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with WHISTLING letters, WHIG leads with 11 points, then WHIN and WHIT on 10. LIST, SIGN and WISH are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of WHISTLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WH · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
WHISTLING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. WHISTLING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHISTLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 147 | 188 | 144 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: WHITLINGS, WHITLING, INWITH, TINGLISH, LITHING, SHITING, SITHING, WISHT, WITHS, HINGS, INWITS, LINISH and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: SWILING, GIS and SIG.
Each word below uses all the letters of WHISTLING and one more.