58 words come out when you unscramble ECHELLES, starting with ECHELLES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
E1C34H43E1L12L12E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ECHELLES split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 5 with 6, 10 with 5, 18 with 4, 14 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of ECHELLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EC · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What ECHELLES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ECHELLES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECHELLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 58) | 41 | 58 | 41 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
17 of the 58 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ELCHEES, EECHES, ELCHEE, SLEECH, EECH, SECH, CHE, ECH, HELES, SHEEL, CH, HELE and 5 more.