Unscramble ELAN and you have 18 words, ELAN itself among them: it scores 4 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of ELAN are on the page: LANE, LEAN and NEAL, each 4 points. The best shorter words score 3: 5 of them, LEA, ANE and ALE 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.
By length, the words from ELAN split into 4 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Trade one tile of ELAN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 4-letter words: starting with EL · ending in AN · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to ELAN:
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LANE and LEAN (4 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ELAN works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 18) | 15 | 18 | 15 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
3 of the 18 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NEAL, EAN and EA.
These 12 words take every letter of ELAN plus a single extra one.