Unscramble BATTELLED and you have 187 words, BATTELLED itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
B34A1T1T1E1L12L12E1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BATTELLED split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 8 with 7, 22 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among 33 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BATTELLED, the top score is 8, reached by 8. TABLE, LABEL and DELTA are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with BATTELLED letters, 9 score 7 points, the group's best. DATE, ABLE and LEAD are the ones most people know.
4 of 42 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BATTELLED tie at 6 points; none scores more. ALL, LET and BAD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BATTELLED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by TABLETED (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts BATTELLED, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATTELLED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 146 | 187 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BATTELLED, BALLETED, BATTELED, BLETTED, LETTABLE, BLATED, BATLET, BATTEL, BELATE, BETED, DEBEL, LADETTE and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ABLED, ATTED, BEAL, BAE, DELT, LEDE, DA and TE, 8 in all.