74 words come out when you unscramble WISHINGS, starting with WISHINGS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of WISHINGS are on the page: SWISHING and WHISSING, each 15 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from WISHINGS by length: 3 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 3 with 6, 15 with 5, 27 with 4, 16 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
WHIG scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WISHINGS at 11 points, ahead of WHIN and WISH on 10. SIGN, WING and WINS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WISHINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WI · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SWISHING (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: WISHINGS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WISHINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 74) | 61 | 74 | 58 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHISSING, WISHINGS, WHISS, HINGS, HING, NISH, ISH, IWI, SNIGS, INGS, SNIG, ING and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SIGS, GIS and SIG, 3 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of WISHINGS plus a single extra one.