Unscramble ENLACING and you have 174 words, ENLACING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: CLEANING and ELANCING. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 10 points, ANGELIC, LANCING and ANGLICE among them. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ENLACING split into 3 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 19 with 6, 35 with 5, 55 with 4, 39 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 35 5-letter words from ENLACING, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. CLEAN, ANGEL and ANGLE are the ones most people know.
4 of 55 4-letter words made with ENLACING letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. LINE, NICE and GAIN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ENLACING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EN · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
ENLACING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ENLACING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENLACING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 174) | 134 | 173 | 126 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 174 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ELANCING, CANGLE, ANCILE, NEALING, NEANIC, ANCLE, CANG, EALING, EANING, ENIAC, GINNEL, INCLE and 27 more. 9 of the 174 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CLEG, INCEL, INNAGE, LIGNAN, CIG, CAL, GEAN, NEG and GI. 1 of the 174 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE.
These 6 words take every letter of ENLACING plus a single extra one.