Unscramble LAURELED and you have 145 words, LAURELED itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
L12A1U12R1E1L12E1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LAURELED split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 17 with 6, 23 with 5, 53 with 4, 34 with 3 and 14 with 2.
37 of 53 4-letter words from LAURELED tie at 5 points; none scores more. READ, REAL and LEAD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LAURELED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LA · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
LAURELED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LAURELED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAURELED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 145) | 102 | 145 | 99 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UDALLER, LAERED, LEARED, REDEAL, AREDE, ARLED, DALLE, DEARE, EALED, LEALER, LERED, RUEDA and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LEDE, LUD and DA, 3 in all.
This word takes every letter of LAURELED plus a single extra one.