Unscramble IRREGULAR and you have 185 words, IRREGULAR itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GLAURIER leads with 9 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from IRREGULAR split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 16 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with IRREGULAR letters: GLAURIER, for 9 points.
29 of 44 5-letter words from IRREGULAR tie at 6 points; none scores more. LARGE, RURAL and ARGUE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from IRREGULAR, the top score is 5, reached by 32. REAL, GIRL and RULE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of IRREGULAR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IR · ending in AR · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with GLARIER and REGULAR (8 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept IRREGULAR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRREGULAR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 135 | 184 | 127 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GLAURIER, GURLIER, GURRIER, AGILER, ARGULI, GRAILE, GUILER, REGULA, GARRE, GLAUR, LURGI, REGAR and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GRRRL, RAGER, AGLU, AREG, ARIE, GRR, GI and RAI, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.
With one more tile, the letters of IRREGULAR spell the words below.