Unscramble DETANGLING and you have 328 words, DETANGLING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DANGLING, 11 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DETANGLING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 17 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 9 letters.
44 7-letter words made with DETANGLING letters; 5 of them share the top score of 10. LEADING, DEALING and LANDING are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETANGLING, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. DATING, DETAIL and ENDING are the ones most people know.
GADGE, GAGED and IGGED are the top 5-letter words from DETANGLING, 8 points each. AGENT, DELTA and IDEAL will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from DETANGLING, the top score is 6, reached by 21. DATE, EDIT and DEAL are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in DETANGLING, 10 score 5 points, the group's best. GET, END and AGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DETANGLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
DETANGLING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: DETANGLING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETANGLING itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 328) | 252 | 328 | 232 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
76 of the 328 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GADLING, GLENTING, GNATLING, TEAGLING, DANTING, ENDLANG, GADGIE, GANTING, GATLING, GEALING, LENGING, LIGGED and 64 more. 20 of the 328 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DETANGLING, GANGLED, DEALIGN, EAGLING, GALING, GANGLE, IGGED, TAGLINE, GALED, IDENT, TEGG, DELT and 8 more.
This word takes every letter of DETANGLING plus a single extra one.