Unscramble EARL to get 21 words. EARL itself is a real word: 4 points on a Scrabble board, 5 in Words With Friends. It has 6 anagrams, each with the same 4 points: ARLE, LAER, LARE, LEAR, RALE and REAL. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 3 points, ARE, ERA and EAR among them. The 4 letters split into 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EARL by length: 7 with 4 letters, 6 with 3 and 8 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of EARL, with one letter different:
More 4-letter words: starting with EA · ending in RL · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to EARL:
EARL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EARL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EARL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 21) | 17 | 21 | 17 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ARLE, LAER, LARE and EA, 4 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of EARL plus a single extra one.