Unscramble ALLELISM and you have 160 words, ALLELISM itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 8 reach 8 points, EMAILS, MILLES and MAILES among them. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ALLELISM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 7 letters.
27 of 36 5-letter words in ALLELISM tie at 7 points; none scores more. EMAIL, SMALL and MILES will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLELISM, the top score is 6, reached by 35. MAIL, SAME and SALE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ALLELISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AL · ending in SM · all 8-letter words
ALLELISM first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ALLELISM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLELISM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 129 | 160 | 125 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
31 of the 160 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MESAIL, LEAMS, MAISE, MALIS, MELAS, MESAL, SAMEL, ALLELS, AMES, LEAM, MALI, MALS and 19 more. 4 of the 160 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EMAILS, EMAIL, MES and LIAS.
These 3 words take every letter of ALLELISM plus a single extra one.