Unscramble ENLIGHTENS and you have 329 words, ENLIGHTENS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ENLIGHTEN and LENGTHENS lead with 13 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ENLIGHTENS split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 18 with 8, 49 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
9 of 18 8-letter words made with ENLIGHTENS letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. SENTINEL and GENTILES will look familiar.
Of the 49 7-letter words from ENLIGHTENS, 10 score 11 points, the group's best. ENGINES, INTENSE and LENGTHS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ENLIGHTENS; 13 of them share the top score of 10. THINGS, SINGLE and ENGINE are everyday picks.
15 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ENLIGHTENS tie at 9 points; none scores more. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from ENLIGHTENS, the top score is 8, reached by 6. THEN, GETS and HITS are the familiar ones.
GHI tops the 3-letter words in ENLIGHTENS at 7 points; next come EHS and ETH on 6. SEE, GET and ITS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ENLIGHTENS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with EN · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LENGTHENS (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ENLIGHTENS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENLIGHTENS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 329) | 252 | 329 | 232 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENLIGHTS, SHEELING, ENLIGHT, HENNIEST, THEEING, HELING, HENNIES, HETING, EHING, ELSHIN, GHEST, HINGS and 65 more, 77 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HENGES, SHEITEL, HENGE, EELINGS, SHITE, SNIGLET, EELING, LENITES, SHEN, STINGE, TENGES, TENNESI and 8 more, 20 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ENLIGHTENS spell the words below.