257 words come out when you unscramble ALLOWANCES, starting with ALLOWANCES itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 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.
By length, the words from ALLOWANCES split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 13 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with ALLOWANCES letters: ALLOWANCE, for 14 points.
37 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLOWANCES; 4 of them share the top score of 11. ALLOWS, LOCALE and LOCALS are everyday picks.
10 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLOWANCES tie at 10 points; none scores more. CLOSE, ALLOW and CLEAN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ALLOWANCES, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. NEWS, WELL and WALL are the ones most people know.
CAW and COW are the top 3-letter words in ALLOWANCES, 8 points each. ALL, NEW and WAS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALLOWANCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The meaning of ALLOWANCES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALLOWANCES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLOWANCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 204 | 257 | 193 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
53 of the 257 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CALLOWS, COWALS, COWANS, CLOWS, COWAL, COWAN, ENWALLS, SOWCE, WAACS, CLOW, ENWALL, LEASOW and 41 more. 11 of the 257 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CASELAW, CANOLAS, SECONAL, SWOLE, ASCON, CALOS, CAL, ECO, EW, LOC and SOC.