Unscramble KLUDGEY and you have 85 words, KLUDGEY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. KLUDGEY as a single 7-tile play makes 66 in Scrabble, 16 plus the 50 bonus, and 53 in Words With Friends (18 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from KLUDGEY by length: 1 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 11 with 5, 27 with 4, 34 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of KLUDGEY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with KL · ending in EY · all 7-letter words
KLUDGEY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
KLUDGEY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLUDGEY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 85) | 62 | 85 | 55 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
23 of the 85 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KEDGY, GUYLED, KYLE, YLKE, GYELD, KYU, GUYLE, KY, GULY, KED, LUKE, EUK and 11 more. 7 of the 85 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KLUDGEY, KLUDGY, YUKED, KLUGED, YUKE, KYE and LUD.