208 words come out when you unscramble ALPENGLOW, starting with ALPENGLOW itself: 15 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALPENGLOW by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 16 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALPENGLOW, POWAN leads with 10 points, then AGLOW and GOWAN on 9. LEGAL, ALONG and ALLOW are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words from ALPENGLOW is GAWP, 10 points; LOWP and PAWL on 9 follow. PAGE, WELL and OPEN are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ALPENGLOW, the top score is 8, reached by 5. NEW, NOW and OWN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ALPENGLOW but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AL · ending in W · all 9-letter words
What ALPENGLOW means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALPENGLOW, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPENGLOW itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 160 | 208 | 149 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOWPEN, GALLOW, GOWLAN, POWAN, ENWALL, LOWP, PALLONE, PLONGE, POWN, WONGA, ALOWE, GNOW and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLEONAL, PONGAL, WELP, PWN, PALEO, PLEON, ANGLO, APO, EW, OPA and PO, 11 in all.
This word takes every letter of ALPENGLOW plus a single extra one.