Unscramble WINTERING and you have 168 words, WINTERING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 5 of them, WRITING, TWINING and TWIRING included. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from WINTERING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 17 with 7, 27 with 6, 27 with 5, 45 with 4, 38 with 3 and 12 with 2.
INTEGRIN is the only one of the 8-letter words made with WINTERING letters; it scores 9 points.
7 of 27 6-letter words from WINTERING tie at 10 points; none scores more. WINTER, WINNER and WIRING will look familiar.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WINTERING are led by GWINE, WINGE and WRING, 9 points each. WRITE, INNER and INTER are the familiar ones.
GREW, TWIG and WING are the top 4-letter words made with WINTERING letters, 8 points each. WENT, WINE and RING will look familiar.
WIG scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble WINTERING at 7 points, ahead of EWT and IWI on 6. NEW, GET and NET are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of WINTERING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with WI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of WINTERING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WINTERING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINTERING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 131 | 167 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TWIRING, WEIRING, NEWING, WINGE, INWIT, TERNING, TIGRINE, TWIRE, ENRING, ERNING, GIRNIE, INGINE and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GWINE, INTEGRIN, EW, GITE, INNIE, NINER, NEG, TEIN, GI and TE, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.