Unscramble ALUDELS and you have 121 words, ALUDELS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of ALUDELS is on the page: ALLUDES, each 8 points. 5 shorter words score 7, among them ALLUDE, LADLES and ALUDEL. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. ALUDELS as a single 7-tile play makes 58 in Scrabble, 8 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALUDELS by length: 2 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 22 with 5, 44 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2.
27 of 44 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALUDELS tie at 5 points; none scores more. USED, SALE and SELL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALUDELS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with AL · ending in LS · all 7-letter words
ALUDELS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALUDELS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALUDELS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 121) | 94 | 121 | 89 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
27 of the 121 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SALUED, DALLE, DULES, LESULA, SLADE, UDALS, DAES, DEUS, DULE, SALLE, SALUE, SELD and 15 more. 5 of the 121 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LUDS, DAS, EDS, LUD and DA.
These 6 words take every letter of ALUDELS plus a single extra one.