Unscramble WHITHERING and you have 239 words, WHITHERING itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from WHITHERING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 4 with 8, 21 with 7, 37 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 15 with 2.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble WHITHERING is WHITHER, 16 points; WHINGER and WHITING on 14 follow. WRITING and INHERIT are everyday picks.
Of the 37 6-letter words from WHITHERING, 7 score 13 points, the group's best. WITHIN, WEIGHT and HIGHER are the ones most people know.
HEWGH tops the 5-letter words in WHITHERING at 15 points; next come HEIGH and HIGHT on 12. RIGHT, WHITE and NIGHT will look familiar.
The 4-letter words made with WHITHERING letters are led by HIGH and WHIG, 11 points each. THEN, WENT and WINE are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble WHITHERING, HEH and HEW tie for first at 9 points. NEW, GET and NET are everyday picks.
These 3 words have the length of WHITHERING, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with WH · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WHITHER and WITHERING (16 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: WHITHERING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITHERING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 196 | 238 | 186 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
42 of the 239 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHITHERING, HITHERING, HEWGH, WRETHING, INWITH, THINGIER, HITHE, REWTH, RIGHTEN, TWIRING, WEIRING, HETING and 30 more. 10 of the 239 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: WHINGIER, WHINGER, THINGIE, GWINE, EW, GITE, NEG, TEIN, GI and TE. 1 of the 239 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.