Unscramble kale

16 words come out when you unscramble KALE, starting with KALE itself: 8 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: LAKE and LEAK. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 7 points, ELK, LEK and KEA among them. 4 letters: 2 vowels and 2 consonants.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From kale

By length, the words from KALE split into 3 with 4 letters, 7 with 3 and 6 with 2.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with kale

The 4-letter words in KALE are 3: KALE itself and 2 anagrams, LEAK and LAKE. Each scores 8 points.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with kale

5 of 7 3-letter words made with KALE letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. ELK will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with kale

KA scores highest among the 2-letter words from KALE at 6 points, ahead of AE and AL on 2.

Change One Tile in KALE

Trade one tile of KALE for another and you can spell these 6 words:

A I gives LIKE · words from like
L T gives TAKE · unscramble take
K F gives LEAF · words from leaf
K N gives LANE · words from lane
A S gives ELKS · words from elks
A O gives LOKE · unscramble loke

More 4-letter words: starting with KA · ending in LE · all 4-letter words

What the Best KALE Words Mean

What KALE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

KALE 8 · 9: a variety of cabbage
LAKE 8 · 9: a sizable inland body of water
LEAK 8 · 9: to permit the escape of something through a breach or flaw
ELK 7 · 8: a large deer
KAE 7 · 7: a bird resembling a crow
KEA 7 · 7: a bird of species Nestor notabilis*
LEK 7 · 8: a monetary unit of Albania
KA 6 · 6: the spiritual self of a human being in Egyptian religion

Is KALE Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

KALE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
KALE itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 16)	14	16	14

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: AKE and EA.

One Extra Tile and KALE Grows

Each word below uses all the letters of KALE and one more.

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