161 words come out when you unscramble DANELAGH, starting with DANELAGH itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2A1N12E1L12A1G23H43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DANELAGH by length: 1 with 8 letters, 13 with 6, 27 with 5, 55 with 4, 46 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Of the 27 5-letter words made with DANELAGH letters, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. AHEAD, ANGEL and ANGLE are the ones most people know.
55 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DANELAGH; 11 of them share the top score of 8. HAND, HEAD and LAND are everyday picks.
Of the 46 3-letter words from DANELAGH, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. HAD, END and AGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DANELAGH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DA · ending in GH · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HANGED (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DANELAGH, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANELAGH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 136 | 161 | 126 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: DANELAGH, HAGDEN, ADHAN, HEALD, HEND, NAHAL, ALNAGE, LAGENA, ALDEA, GADE, GENAL, HAN and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: HADEAN, AHED, GALED, LAH, GEAN, NAGA, DAN, NALA, NEG and DA.
This word takes every letter of DANELAGH plus a single extra one.