Unscramble GLANDULAR and you have 170 words, GLANDULAR itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. GARLAND and GRADUAL are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GLANDULAR split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 36 5-letter words from GLANDULAR, the top score is 7, reached by 7. GRAND, GUARD and LUNAR are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GLANDULAR tie at 6 points; none scores more. LAND, DRUG and DUAL will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with GLANDULAR letters, DAG, DUG and GAD tie for first at 5 points. ALL, RUN and GUN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of GLANDULAR for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with GL · ending in AR · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GARLAND and GRADUAL (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GLANDULAR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLANDULAR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 128 | 170 | 117 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
42 of the 170 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ARGAND, DURGAN, GARUDA, UNGLAD, DARGA, GRUND, LALANG, LANGAR, AGUNA, ARGAN, DARG, GLAUR and 30 more. 11 of the 170 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DURAG, GARDA, AGLU, ANURA, NAGA, DAN, LARN, LUD, NUG, DA and LUN.
With one more tile, the letters of GLANDULAR spell the words below.