Possible Words From legba
By length, the words from LEGBA split into 4 with 5 letters, 10 with 4, 16 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with legba
4 words · top score 8 · everyday: BAGEL, GABLE
All 4 of the 5-letter words in LEGBA score 8 points. BAGEL and GABLE are the ones most people know.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with legba
10 words · top score 7 · everyday: ABLE, GALE, BALE
The best of the 4-letter words made with LEGBA letters is BLAG, 7 points; ABLE and ALBE on 6 follow. GALE and BALE are everyday picks.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with legba
16 words · top score 6 · everyday: AGE, BAG, LAB
The 3-letter words from LEGBA are led by BAG, BEG and GAB, 6 points each. AGE, LAB and LEG are the familiar ones.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with legba
9 words · top score 4 · everyday: BE
Among the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble LEGBA, AB, BA and BE tie for first at 4 points.
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Change One Tile in LEGBA
Trade one tile of LEGBA for another and you can spell these 6 words:
- G T gives TABLE · words from table
- B R gives LARGE · words from large
- G M gives BLAME · words from blame
- B Z gives GLAZE · unscramble glaze
- G L gives LABEL · unscramble label
- G Z gives BLAZE · words from blaze
More 5-letter words: starting with BA · ending in EL · all 5-letter words
Definitions for the Top LEGBA Plays
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BAGEL, BELGA, GABLE and GLEBA (8 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
- BAGEL 8 · 11
- (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
- BELGA 8 · 11
- a former Belgian monetary unit
- GABLE 8 · 11
- the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
- GLEBA 8 · 11
- fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn
- BLAG 7 · 10
- to rob with violence
- ABLE 6 · 8
- (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- BAG 6 · 8
- a flexible container with a single opening
- BALE 6 · 8
- a large bundle bound for storage or transport
Is LEGBA Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
No. LEGBA itself is not a word in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK or the Words With Friends list, but its letters make 39 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGBA itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 39) | 35 | 39 | 32 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALBE, BAEL, GEAL and EA, 4 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BLAG, BEAL and BAE, 3 in all.
Unscramble LEGBA and you get 39 words; LEGBA itself is not one of them. 4 share the top score of 8, among them BAGEL, GABLE and BELGA. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
One Extra Tile and LEGBA Grows
These 12 words take every letter of LEGBA plus a single extra one.