Unscramble ELUDING and you have 138 words, ELUDING itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. ELUDING has 2 anagrams here, DUELING and INDULGE, scoring 9 like ELUDING itself. The best shorter words score 8: 9 of them, DINGLE, LUNGED and GULDEN included. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. ELUDING as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ELUDING split into 3 with 7 letters, 10 with 6, 21 with 5, 45 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2.
10 of 45 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ELUDING tie at 6 points; none scores more. LINE, LUNG and GLEN will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of ELUDING, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with EL · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
What ELUDING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ELUDING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELUDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 138) | 106 | 137 | 99 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ELDING, GILDEN, UGLIED, UNGILD, DUING, LUNGIE, DEGU, ELDIN, GLID, LIGNE, UNLID, DEG and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DENI, LUD, NEG, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.
These 11 words take every letter of ELUDING plus a single extra one.