Unscramble ANKYLOSE to get 224 words. ANKYLOSE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1N12K5Y43L12O1S1E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ANKYLOSE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in ANKYLOSE: ALKYNES, for 14 points.
Among 60 5-letter words from ANKYLOSE, the top score is 12, reached by 16. ALONE, LAKES and SNAKE are the familiar ones.
20 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ANKYLOSE tie at 11 points; none scores more. EASY, LAKE and KEYS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ANKYLOSE, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. ANY, YES and SAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ANKYLOSE but one, change that one, and you get:
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ANKYLOSE 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 ANKYLOSE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANKYLOSE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 166 | 224 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
58 of the 224 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KYLOES, KAYLE, KYLES, KYLOE, YLKES, ESKY, KYLE, KYNE, YESK, YLKE, SLOKEN, SOAKEN and 46 more. 9 of the 224 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: YONKS, KYES, OAKY, KYE, ONLAYS, ONLAY, SKOL, OK and YAS.
These 2 words take every letter of ANKYLOSE plus a single extra one.