123 words come out when you unscramble LENIENTLY, starting with LENIENTLY itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 5 of them, NINETY, LENITY and LINENY included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LENIENTLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 14 with 6, 18 with 5, 45 with 4, 32 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in LENIENTLY: LENIENT, for 7 points.
45 4-letter words from LENIENTLY; 20 of them share the top score of 7. LINE, TEEN and TELL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LENIENTLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LE · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
LENIENTLY 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 LENIENTLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LENIENTLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 123) | 101 | 123 | 90 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
21 of the 123 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TILLY, LYNE, LYTE, YELT, YITE, NYE, TELLEN, TELLIN, ENLIT, LENTI, NY, EINE and 9 more. 12 of the 123 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LINNEY, LINNY, TENNY, TIYN, TYIN, YEET, LENITE, NIENTE, INTEL, TENNE, TEIN and TE. 1 of the 123 answers is missing from Scrabble US: NELLIE.