Unscramble GLEED and you have 26 words, GLEED itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of GLEED are on the page: GLEDE and LEDGE, each 7 points. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 6 points, EDGE, GELD and GEED among them. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GLEED by length: 3 with 5 letters, 8 with 4, 11 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Trade one tile of GLEED for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with GL · ending in ED · all 5-letter words
GLEED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GLEED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLEED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 26) | 23 | 26 | 22 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
3 of the 26 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEG, LEED and EE. 1 of the 26 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: LEDE.
With one more tile, the letters of GLEED spell the words below.