Unscramble ARGLE and you have 46 words, ARGLE itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 6 points: GLARE, LAGER, LARGE and REGAL. 8 shorter words score 5, among them GEAR, RAGE and GALE. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ARGLE by length: 5 with 5 letters, 15 with 4, 17 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of ARGLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with AR · ending in LE · all 5-letter words
What ARGLE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ARGLE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARGLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 46) | 39 | 46 | 38 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 7 of them: GARE, GEAL, ARLE, GER, LAER, LARE and EA. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: AREG.
These 12 words take every letter of ARGLE plus a single extra one.