Unscramble ALIGNED and you have 190 words, ALIGNED itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of ALIGNED are on the page: DEALIGN, DEALING and LEADING, each 9 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of ALIGNED at once for 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50) or 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ALIGNED by length: 4 with 7 letters, 17 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 20 with 2.
8 of 37 5-letter words from ALIGNED tie at 7 points; none scores more. IDEAL, ANGEL and ANGLE will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALIGNED; 15 of them share the top score of 6. LAND, LEAD and IDEA are everyday picks.
Among 52 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ALIGNED, the top score is 5, reached by 6. END, AGE and AID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ALIGNED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ED · all 7-letter words
The meaning of ALIGNED, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ALIGNED works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIGNED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 150 | 190 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DAEING, ELDING, GILDEN, EALING, DAINE, DIANE, ELDIN, ELIAD, GADE, GAID, GENAL, GLID and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEALIGN, GALED, DENI, GEAN, DAN, NEG, DA and GI, 8 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of ALIGNED plus a single extra one.