7 words come out when you unscramble ALE, starting with ALE itself: 3 in Scrabble, 4 in Words With Friends. ALE has 1 anagram here, LEA, scoring 3 like ALE itself. The 3 letters split into 2 vowels and 1 consonant.
A1L12E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ALE by length: 2 with 3 letters and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of ALE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 3-letter words: starting with A · ending in LE · all 3-letter words
Add two letters to ALE:
ALE first, then short meanings for the 5 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 7) | 6 | 7 | 6 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
1 of the 7 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EA.
These 12 words take every letter of ALE plus a single extra one.