121 words come out when you unscramble WHOOTING, starting with WHOOTING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. WIGHT is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from WHOOTING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 15 with 5, 38 with 4, 46 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in WHOOTING: HOOTING, for 11 points.
WHIG scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WHOOTING at 11 points, ahead of WHIN and WHIO on 10. TOWN, TWIN and WING are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of WHOOTING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with WH · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WIGHT (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts WHOOTING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHOOTING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 121) | 93 | 121 | 86 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHOOTING, WHOOT, THINGO, WHIO, WHOT, HOING, WONGI, GNOW, HING, THIG, HOON, THON and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HONGI, GOTH, HOO, OWT, GI, ONO and OI, 7 in all.