237 words come out when you unscramble ALLIGATION, starting with ALLIGATION itself: 11 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 9 points, LIGATION, INTAGLIO and GALTONIA among them. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ALLIGATION split into 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 16 with 7, 30 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 9 letters.
30 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLIGATION; 23 of them share the top score of 7. ANALOG, GALLON and TILING are everyday picks.
36 of 54 5-letter words from ALLIGATION tie at 6 points; none scores more. AGAIN, ALONG and GIANT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in ALLIGATION, 30 score 5 points, the group's best. LONG, LOAN and ANTI are the ones most people know.
20 of 50 3-letter words made with ALLIGATION letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. NOT, ALL and GOT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALLIGATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ON · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; INTAGLIO and LIGATION (9 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ALLIGATION is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIGATION itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 194 | 237 | 181 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALLIGATION, GALTONIA, TAGLIONI, GILLION, AILANTO, ALOGIA, ANGOLA, GALANT, GITANA, GOLLAN, LALANG, LINGOT and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAOGAI, AGITA, ANGLO, ATIGI, ATONIA, LATINA, LOGIN, TANGA, NAGA, LILO, NALA, GI and 1 more, 13 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALLIGATION and one more.