2 words come out when you unscramble ELL, starting with ELL itself: 3 in Scrabble, 5 in Words With Friends. EL is the best of the shorter words, at 2 points. It has 3 letters, 1 vowel and 2 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from ELL by length: 1 with 3 letters and 1 with 2.
There is a single one of the 2-letter words in ELL: EL, 2 points.
Keep every letter of ELL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 3-letter words: starting with E · ending in L · all 3-letter words
ELL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 2) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Both answers work in every game checked.
These 12 words take every letter of ELL plus a single extra one.