Unscramble LEFTWARD and you have 207 words, LEFTWARD itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FLAWED and WAFTED lead with 13 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12E1F4T1W4A1R1D2
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LEFTWARD split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 11 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with LEFTWARD letters: TRAWLED, for 11 points.
DWARF scores highest among the 5-letter words from LEFTWARD at 12 points, ahead of FETWA and WAFER on 11. AFTER, WATER and TRADE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LEFTWARD; 4 of them share the top score of 10. LEFT, FLAT and FELT are everyday picks.
FAW and FEW are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LEFTWARD, 9 points each. ARE, LAW and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LEFTWARD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LE · ending in RD · all 8-letter words
What LEFTWARD means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LEFTWARD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEFTWARD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 207) | 176 | 206 | 168 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
30 of the 207 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FETWA, FAW, ALEFT, AWDL, DEAW, FEART, FRATE, LAWER, WADT, WALD, WRATE, ALEW and 18 more. 8 of the 207 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DWALE, TREFA, DEF, WETA, EW, FE, DA and TE. 1 of the 207 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF.
Each word below uses all the letters of LEFTWARD and one more.