Unscramble ERLANGS and you have 211 words, ERLANGS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. ERLANGS has 4 anagrams here, ANGLERS, LANGERS, LARGENS and SLANGER, scoring 8 like ERLANGS itself. 19 shorter words score 7, among them ANGELS, RANGES and ANGLES. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of ERLANGS at once for 58 in Scrabble (8 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ERLANGS by length: 5 with 7 letters, 22 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 15 with 2.
19 of 22 6-letter words made with ERLANGS letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. ANGELS, RANGES and ANGLES will look familiar.
Of the 58 5-letter words from ERLANGS, 33 score 6 points, the group's best. LEARN, LARGE and RANGE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ERLANGS; 40 of them share the top score of 5. GEAR, LANE and AGES are everyday picks.
Among 51 3-letter words from ERLANGS, the top score is 4, reached by 20. ARE, AGE and GAS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ERLANGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with ER · ending in GS · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ANGLERS (8 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: ERLANGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERLANGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 166 | 211 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ERLANGS, LANGERS, LARGENS, SLANGER, ERLANG, LANGER, LARGEN, REGALS, RENGAS, SERANG, GARES, GEALS and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GEANS, RANGS, AREG, GEAN, LARNS, NEGS, AGS, LARN, NEG and SAN, 10 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ERLANGS and one more.