Unscramble ALALIA and you have 12 words, ALALIA itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 3, among them ALL, ILL and ALA. It has 6 letters, 4 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ALALIA split into 1 with 6 letters, 6 with 3 and 5 with 2. None has 5 or 4 letters.
Keep every letter of ALALIA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with AL · ending in IA · all 6-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by AAL, AIL, ALA, ALL and ILL (3 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALALIA is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALALIA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 12) | 10 | 12 | 10 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALALIA and AIA.
This word takes every letter of ALALIA plus a single extra one.