345 words come out when you unscramble WINDLASSING, starting with WINDLASSING itself: 16 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SWINDLINGS, 15 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from WINDLASSING split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 7 with 9, 27 with 8, 52 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with WINDLASSING letters: SWINDLINGS, for 15 points.
Of the 27 8-letter words from WINDLASSING, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. LANDINGS is the one most people know.
6 of 52 7-letter words you get when you unscramble WINDLASSING tie at 12 points; none scores more. ISLANDS, SIGNALS and SAILING will look familiar.
DAWING, DWANGS and WADING share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words made with WINDLASSING letters. ISLAND, SIGNAL and DINING are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WINDLASSING, DWANG and GAWDS tie for first at 10 points. GLASS, WINGS and LANDS are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from WINDLASSING, GAWD leads with 9 points, then AWDL and DAWN on 8. LAWS, WIND and WILD are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words in WINDLASSING tie at 7 points; none scores more. WAS, LAW and GAS will look familiar.
What WINDLASSING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WINDLASSING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDLASSING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 345) | 263 | 345 | 244 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWINDLINGS, GWINIADS, SWAININGS, WANDLING, GWINIAD, INSWINGS, SWAINING, SWALINGS, WADINGS, WAILINGS, DWANGS, INSWING and 70 more, 82 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DAWNINGS, WINDSAILS, SWILINGS, WINDSAIL, LAWNING, SWILING, DININGS, LIGNANS, WALIS, LIGNAN, WALI, DANS and 7 more, 19 in all.