Unscramble EFFULGENT to get 138 words. EFFULGENT itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EFFLUENT and EFFULGE lead with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EFFULGENT split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 9 with 6, 18 with 5, 47 with 4, 46 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in EFFULGENT: EFFLUENT, for 14 points.
The best of the 4-letter words from EFFULGENT is GUFF, 11 points; LUFF and NUFF on 10 follow. TEEN, LEFT and FEEL are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words in EFFULGENT, EFF leads with 9 points, then FEG and FUG on 7. GET, LET and NET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EFFULGENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EF · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EFFLUENT and EFFULGE (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EFFULGENT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EFFULGENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 138) | 111 | 138 | 99 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 27 of them: TUFFE, FLEG, FUNG, LEFTE, FEEN, FEG, FENT, GLENT, GULET, NEF, TEF, UNGET and 15 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: NUFF, NETFUL, ENUF, GLUTE, TENGE, FE, TEGU, NEG, NUG, LUN, UTE and TE.