169 words come out when you unscramble ALLIGATING, starting with ALLIGATING itself: 12 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALLIGATING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 13 with 7, 15 with 6, 31 with 5, 53 with 4, 38 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with ALLIGATING letters: TALLAGING, for 11 points.
AGING tops the 5-letter words made with ALLIGATING letters at 7 points; next come AGAIN and AGILA on 6. GIANT, ALIGN and NATAL will look familiar.
Of the 53 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLIGATING, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. ANTI, GAIN and GANG are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ALLIGATING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with AL · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with TALLAGING (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALLIGATING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIGATING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 134 | 169 | 124 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
35 of the 169 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALLIGATING, TAIGLING, GATLING, GILGAI, LAGGIN, GALANT, GITANA, LALANG, LITING, AGILA, AINGA, ANTLIA and 23 more. 10 of the 169 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GALING, AGITA, ATIGI, LATINA, TANGA, IGG, NAGA, NALA, TIAN and GI.