Unscramble ALLIGATIONS and you have 366 words, ALLIGATIONS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is ALLIGATION, 11 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALLIGATIONS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 9 with 9, 28 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with ALLIGATIONS letters: ALLIGATION, for 11 points.
28 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLIGATIONS; 21 of them share the top score of 9. STALLION is an everyday pick.
Among 60 7-letter words from ALLIGATIONS, the top score is 8, reached by 51. LISTING, INSTALL and SAILING are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words in ALLIGATIONS scores 7. SIGNAL, ANALOG and LOSING are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words made with ALLIGATIONS letters score 6 points. AGAIN, ALONG and GOALS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLIGATIONS scores 5. LONG, SIGN and SONG are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from ALLIGATIONS, 27 score 4 points, the group's best. ALL, ITS and GOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ALLIGATIONS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with AL · ending in NS · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANALOGIST, INTAGLIOS, ISOLATING and LIGATIONS (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ALLIGATIONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIGATIONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 366) | 273 | 366 | 248 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 93 of them: ALLIGATIONS, ALLIGATION, GALTONIAS, TAGLIONIS, GALTONIA, GILLIONS, LOGANIAS, LONGLIST, SALTOING, TAGLIONI, TILLINGS, TOILINGS and 81 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: ALIASING, TOLLINGS, LAOGAIS, AGITAS, ANGLOS, ASIAGO, ATIGIS, ATONIAS, LAOGAI, LATINAS, LINGOS, LOGINS and 13 more.
This word takes every letter of ALLIGATIONS plus a single extra one.