Unscramble CEIL to get 9 words. CEIL itself is a real word: 6 points on a Scrabble board, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 6 points: CIEL and LICE. The 4 letters split into 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CEIL split into 3 with 4 letters, 4 with 3 and 2 with 2.
Keep every letter of CEIL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with CE · ending in IL · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to CEIL:
What CEIL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CEIL works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEIL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 9) | 8 | 9 | 8 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CIEL.
These 12 words take every letter of CEIL plus a single extra one.