Unscramble YOUNGLINGS and you have 259 words, YOUNGLINGS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, YOUNGLING leads with 14 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from YOUNGLINGS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 3 with 8, 17 with 7, 35 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
GUYING and NIGGLY are the top 6-letter words from YOUNGLINGS, 11 points each. LOSING, UNIONS and NYLONS will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words made with YOUNGLINGS letters, GUNGY, LOGGY and SOGGY tie for first at 10 points. USING, GOING and YOUNG are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble YOUNGLINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 8. ONLY, LONG and SIGN are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words from YOUNGLINGS tie at 7 points; none scores more. LOG, OIL and INN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of YOUNGLINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with Y · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
What YOUNGLINGS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. YOUNGLINGS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNGLINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 187 | 255 | 165 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GUYLING, UGLYING, LOUNGINGS, SOYLING, NOYING, SLINGY, SYNING, GONYS, LUGINGS, NOUSLING, NYING, OGLINGS and 58 more, 70 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SNUGGLY, NIGGLY, GUNGY, GYNOS, GYNO, LINNY, LUGING, LINGOS, LOGINS, YOUS, IGGS, LOGIN and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOYS and GOY, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS and UGLI, 2 in all.