Unscramble ALGOLAGNIA to get 149 words. ALGOLAGNIA itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are GALANGAL and GANGLIAL, 10 points each. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ALGOLAGNIA by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 9 with 7, 17 with 6, 29 with 5, 45 with 4, 30 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 5-letter words from ALGOLAGNIA, AGING, GOING and OGGIN tie for first at 7 points. AGAIN, ALONG and ALIGN are everyday picks.
Among 45 4-letter words made with ALGOLAGNIA letters, the top score is 6, reached by 7. LONG, LOAN and GOAL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ALGOLAGNIA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AL · ending in IA · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GALANGAL and GANGLIAL (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALGOLAGNIA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALGOLAGNIA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 122 | 149 | 111 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGOING, ANALOGA, LAGGIN, ALOGIA, ANGOLA, GOLLAN, LALANG, OGGIN, AGILA, AINGA, ALALIA, GING and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GALANGA, GALING, LAOGAI, ANGLO, LOGIN, IGG, NAGA, LILO, NALA, GI and OI, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALGOLAGNIA and one more.