TELLINGS Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What TELLINGS Means

TELLINGS is a form of TELLING, which means:

noun: an act of narration“he was the hero according to his own relation”
noun: informing by words
adjective: disclosing unintentionally something concealed“a telling smile”
adjective: powerfully persuasive“a cogent argument”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TELLINGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 E1 L1 L1 I1 N1 G2 S1.

Anagrams of TELLINGS (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

GILLNETS STELLING

Words Made From The Letters In TELLINGS

250 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (15)

GILLETS GILLNET GLISTEN LEGLINS LENTILS LESTING LINGELS LINGLES LINTELS SELLING SINGLET SNIGLET TELLING TELLINS TINGLES

6 letter words (30)

ELINTS ENGILT ENLIST GENTIL GILETS GILLET GLENTS GLINTS ILLEST INGEST INGLES INLETS INTELS LEGIST LEGITS LEGLIN LENTIL LIGNES LINGEL LINGLE LINTEL LISTEL LISTEN SIGNET SILENT SINGLE TELLIN TINGES TINGLE TINSEL

5 letter words (61)

4 letter words (82)

3 letter words (48)

ELL ELS ELT ENG ENS EST GEL GEN GET GIE GIN GIS GIT ILL ING INS ITS LEG LEI LES LET LIE LIG LIN LIS LIT NEG NET NIE NIL NIS NIT SEG SEI SEL SEN SET SIN SIT TEG TEL TEN TES TIE TIG TIL TIN TIS

2 letter words (14)

EL EN ES ET GI IN IS IT LI NE SI ST TE TI

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.

TELLINGS