168 words come out when you unscramble WITCHINGLY, starting with WITCHINGLY itself: 22 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from WITCHINGLY split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 29 with 6, 39 with 5, 42 with 4, 32 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The best of the 7-letter words made with WITCHINGLY letters is WIGHTLY, 17 points; GLITCHY on 16 and ITCHILY on 15 follow. NIGHTLY, ITCHING and WHITING are everyday picks.
WITCHY scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WITCHINGLY at 17 points, ahead of WHINGY on 16 and NIGHLY on 13. WITHIN, CITING and GLITCH are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from WITCHINGLY, WHINY, WHITY and WITHY tie for first at 14 points. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WITCHINGLY, WYCH leads with 15 points, then HWYL on 13 and LYCH on 12. CITY, INCH and TWIN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of WITCHINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with WI · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WITCHING (17 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts WITCHINGLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WITCHINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 134 | 168 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WITCHINGLY, WIGHTLY, WHITLING, HYLIC, NIGHLY, TICHY, CLYING, ICHING, INWITH, LITHING, LINCH, LYTING and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WHINGY, HWYL, THINGY, LYCH, CHING, GINCH, GITCH, GLINTY, TIYIN, TIYN, TYIN, CIG and 2 more, 14 in all.