ADELE is not a word, but unscramble ADELE and 31 words appear: the best is EALED at 6 points. 7 shorter words score 5, among them LEAD, DEAL and DALE. 5 letters: 3 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ADELE split into 1 with 5 letters, 9 with 4, 11 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
There is a single one of the 5-letter words in ADELE: EALED, 6 points.
Keep every letter of ADELE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with EA · ending in ED · all 5-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DALE, DEAL, DELE, LADE, LEAD and LEDE (5 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ADELE is not playable as it is in any of the three, yet its letters form 31 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADELE itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 31) | 25 | 31 | 25 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
6 of the 31 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EALED, LEED, DAE, EALE, EA and EE.
These 12 words take every letter of ADELE plus a single extra one.