Unscramble DEADLIGHTS and you have 322 words, DEADLIGHTS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DEADLIGHTS split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 11 with 8, 36 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words from DEADLIGHTS, DIGHTED leads with 13 points, then DALEDHS and DELIGHT on 12. DETAILS, LIGHTED and SIGHTED are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DEADLIGHTS tie at 11 points; none scores more. LIGHTS, DEATHS and SHIELD will look familiar.
DIGHT, HADED and HIDED share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words made with DEADLIGHTS letters. LIGHT, DEATH and EIGHT are the ones most people know.
27 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEADLIGHTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. HEAD, HELD and HITS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from DEADLIGHTS, the top score is 7, reached by 6. HAS, GET and HAD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEADLIGHTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GILTHEADS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEADLIGHTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEADLIGHTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 322) | 258 | 322 | 235 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
64 of the 322 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GHASTED, HADDIES, HIDAGES, LAIGHEST, EDDISH, GLADDIES, GLIDDEST, HADDIE, HAGLETS, HIDAGE, EADISH, GLADDIE and 52 more. 23 of the 322 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LADDISH, ADELGIDS, SIDDHA, ADELGID, DELISH, LADDIEST, DESHI, SIDHE, AHED, GELATIS, SIDH, AHIS and 11 more.