Unscramble EILD to get 21 words. EILD itself is a real word: 5 points on a Scrabble board, 6 in Words With Friends. It has 5 anagrams, each with the same 5 points: DEIL, DELI, DIEL, IDLE and LIED. The best shorter words score 4: 7 of them, LED, DIE and LID included. It has 4 letters, 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EILD by length: 6 with 4 letters, 9 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of EILD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with EI · ending in LD · all 4-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEIL, DELI, DIEL, IDLE and LIED (5 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: EILD is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EILD itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 21) | 17 | 21 | 17 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EILD, DEI, IDE and DI, 4 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of EILD plus a single extra one.