Unscramble LENGTHILY and you have 211 words, LENGTHILY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 14 points, NIGHTLY, LIGHTLY and LENGTHY among them. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LENGTHILY split into 1 with 9 letters, 12 with 7, 27 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
6 of 27 6-letter words in LENGTHILY tie at 13 points; none scores more. LENGTH, GENTLY and EIGHTY will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from LENGTHILY, GHYLL, HYING and HYLEG tie for first at 12 points. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LENGTHILY, the top score is 10, reached by 4. THEN, LINE and TELL are the familiar ones.
4 of 52 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LENGTHILY tie at 9 points; none scores more. GET, LET and YET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LENGTHILY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LE · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What LENGTHILY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LENGTHILY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LENGTHILY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 160 | 211 | 148 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
51 of the 211 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HEYING, HYEING, NIGHLY, HYLEG, THYINE, ENLIGHT, LYTHE, HELING, HETING, HYEN, HYLE, LYTING and 39 more. 12 of the 211 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: THINGY, GLINTY, GELLY, GYNIE, TIYN, TYIN, GITE, INTEL, NEG, TEIN, GI and TE.