Unscramble INELIGIBLY and you have 126 words, INELIGIBLY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from INELIGIBLY split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 11 with 6, 29 with 5, 31 with 4, 33 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 29 5-letter words from INELIGIBLY, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. BEING, BEGIN and LYING are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words made with INELIGIBLY letters is GYBE, 10 points; BLEY and INBY on 9 follow. LINE, BILL and BELL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INELIGIBLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BELLYING and ELIGIBLY (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts INELIGIBLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INELIGIBLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 126) | 100 | 126 | 93 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INELIGIBLY, BLINGY, BINGY, GLEBY, YILLING, BELLINI, BILING, BINGLE, BLEY, GIBEL, GIBLI, LEGLIN and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BLINY, GELLY, GYNIE, BLING, BING, NEG and GI, 7 in all.