31 words come out when you unscramble CLIES, starting with CLIES itself: 7 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of CLIES are on the page: CEILS, CIELS and SLICE, each 7 points. The best shorter words score 6: 6 of them, LICE, ICES and CEIL included. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CLIES by length: 4 with 5 letters, 11 with 4, 11 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Trade one tile of CLIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with CL · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CEILS and SLICE (7 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CLIES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 31) | 26 | 31 | 26 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CIELS, CLIES, CIEL, SEIL and SILE, 5 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of CLIES plus a single extra one.