Unscramble ENLIGHTED and you have 253 words, ENLIGHTED itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: LIGHTENED. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ENLIGHTED by length: 2 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 19 with 7, 35 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
DELETING is the only one of the 8-letter words in ENLIGHTED; it scores 10 points.
Among 19 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ENLIGHTED, the top score is 12, reached by 6. DELIGHT, LIGHTED and GENTILE are the familiar ones.
HINGED and NIGHED are the top 6-letter words from ENLIGHTED, 11 points each. LENGTH, LEGEND and GENTLE will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words in ENLIGHTED, DIGHT and HEDGE tie for first at 10 points. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are everyday picks.
13 of 60 4-letter words made with ENLIGHTED letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. THEN, EDIT and HELD will look familiar.
EDH, GHI and HID share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ENLIGHTED. GET, END and LET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ENLIGHTED for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LIGHTENED (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: ENLIGHTED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENLIGHTED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 189 | 253 | 175 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 64 of them: ENLIGHTED, HINDLEG, NIGHTED, ENLIGHT, LETHIED, THEEING, HELING, HETING, LITHED, EHING, GLENTED, HELED and 52 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: HENGE, LENITED, EELING, LINTED, IDENT, LENITE, TENGE, DELT, DENI, GITE, INTEL, NEG and 2 more.