361 words come out when you unscramble CANDLELIGHT, starting with CANDLELIGHT itself: 18 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
C34A1N12D2L12E1L12I1G23H43T1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CANDLELIGHT by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 24 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 10 letters.
9 of 24 8-letter words in CANDLELIGHT tie at 14 points; none scores more. TEACHING, CHEATING and LEACHING will look familiar.
Among the 7-letter words from CANDLELIGHT, CHANGED, GANCHED and GATCHED tie for first at 14 points. CALLING, HEATING and HEALING are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CANDLELIGHT, GACHED leads with 13 points, then ACHING and CATHED on 12. CHANGE, CALLED and LENGTH are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words made with CANDLELIGHT letters; 13 of them share the top score of 11. CHINA, CHILD and DEATH are everyday picks.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CANDLELIGHT tie at 10 points; none scores more. EACH, HAND and HEAD will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from CANDLELIGHT, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. CAN, HAD and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CANDLELIGHT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CA · ending in HT · all 11-letter words
What CANDLELIGHT means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CANDLELIGHT is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANDLELIGHT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 361) | 280 | 361 | 250 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
81 of the 361 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DITHECAL, GANCHED, CHAINLET, DECALLING, HEALDING, HELLICAT, ALETHIC, ALLNIGHT, CHANTIE, DECALING, HINDLEG, LINCHET and 69 more. 30 of the 361 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GATCHED, LICHGATE, CATHING, CHATLINE, GACHED, LANCHED, CATHED, CHING, GATCH, GINCH, GITCH, GACH and 18 more.
This word takes every letter of CANDLELIGHT plus a single extra one.