Unscramble YILLING and you have 23 words, YILLING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. YILLING as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from YILLING by length: 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 5, 8 with 4, 7 with 3 and 4 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Keep every letter of YILLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with YI · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GILLY, LINGY and LYING (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts YILLING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YILLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 23) | 19 | 23 | 18 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YILLING, NY, ING and LIG, 4 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of YILLING and one more.