Unscramble ENLIGHTEN and you have 180 words, ENLIGHTEN itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ENLIGHTEN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 20 with 6, 36 with 5, 54 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in ENLIGHTEN: LENGTHEN, 12 points.
Of the 36 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ENLIGHTEN, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are the ones most people know.
54 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ENLIGHTEN; 4 of them share the top score of 8. THEN, LINE and TEEN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of ENLIGHTEN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with EN · ending in EN · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LENGTHEN (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ENLIGHTEN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENLIGHTEN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 137 | 180 | 125 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENLIGHT, THEEING, HELING, HETING, EHING, ETHNE, HING, TEENING, THIG, ENGILT, ETHE, GENNEL and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HENGE, EELING, LENITE, NIENTE, TENGE, GITE, INTEL, TENNE, NEG, TEIN, GI and TE, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ENLIGHTEN and one more.