Unscramble LENGTHWISE and you have 330 words, LENGTHWISE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
L12E1N12G23T1H43W4I1S1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LENGTHWISE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 18 with 8, 49 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in LENGTHWISE: WHEELINGS, for 16 points.
Among the 8-letter words made with LENGTHWISE letters, WELSHING and WHEELING tie for first at 15 points. GENTILES is an everyday pick.
Among 49 7-letter words you get when you unscramble LENGTHWISE, the top score is 14, reached by 4. WEIGHTS, LENGTHS and WHISTLE are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 6-letter words from LENGTHWISE tie at 13 points; none scores more. THINGS, WEIGHT and LENGTH will look familiar.
WEIGH, WHIGS and WIGHT share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LENGTHWISE. WHILE, WHITE and NIGHT are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from LENGTHWISE, WHIG leads with 11 points, then HEWN and HEWS on 10. NEWS, WISH and HITS are the familiar ones.
HEW scores highest among the 3-letter words in LENGTHWISE at 9 points, ahead of GHI and WIG on 7. NEW, GET and ITS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of LENGTHWISE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with LE · ending in SE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WHEELINGS (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LENGTHWISE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LENGTHWISE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 330) | 260 | 330 | 240 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: HEWINGS, EWGHEN, ENLIGHTS, SHEELING, SHEWEL, SWEELING, SWELTING, THEWES, TWEELING, ENLIGHT, SEEWING, SWEEING and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: HENGES, NGWEES, SHEITEL, WEEING, GWINE, HENGE, TWEENS, EELINGS, SNIGLET, EELING, LENITES, SHEN and 8 more.