Unscramble ligatures

Unscramble LIGATURES and you have 325 words, LIGATURES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of LIGATURES is on the page: GLAURIEST, each 10 points. The best shorter words score 9: 7 of them, LIGATURE, GESTURAL and GAULTERS included. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.

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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From ligatures

Words from LIGATURES by length: 2 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 47 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.

9 Letter Words You Can Make with ligatures

The 9-letter words in LIGATURES are 2: LIGATURES itself and 1 anagram, GLAURIEST. Each scores 10 points.

8 Letter Words You Can Make with ligatures

8 8-letter words made with LIGATURES letters; 7 of them share the top score of 9.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with ligatures

All 60 of the 5-letter words in LIGATURES score 6 points. GREAT, GIRLS and GUEST are the ones most people know.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with ligatures

Every one of the 60 4-letter words made with LIGATURES letters scores 5. GIRL, GETS and GEAR are everyday picks.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with ligatures

Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGATURES, the top score is 4, reached by 37. ARE, GET and ART are the familiar ones.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with ligatures

28 2-letter words from LIGATURES; 4 of them share the top score of 3. IS, IT and AT are everyday picks.

Change One Tile in LIGATURES

Keep every letter of LIGATURES but one, change that one, and you get:

More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words

Definitions for the Top LIGATURES Plays

What LIGATURES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

LIGATURES 10 · 13
to ligate
GESTURAL 9 · 12
pertaining to or consisting of gestures (expressive bodily motions)
GLARIEST 9 · 11
glaring
LIGATURE 9 · 12
to ligate
AIGLETS 8 · 10
a metal sheath at the end of a lace
AIGRETS 8 · 9
a tuft of feathers worn as a head ornament
AUGITES 8 · 10
a mineral
GAITERS 8 · 9
a covering for the lower leg

Can You Play LIGATURES in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

LIGATURES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
LIGATURES itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 325)234325216

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GLAURIEST, GAULTERS, GURLIEST, REGALIST, TRAGULES, AGILEST, AGISTER, GAULTER, GLUTAEI, GRAILES, GUILERS, GURLETS and 79 more, 91 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GELATIS, GATERS, GLUTES, GULARS, AGLUS, GATER, GITES, GLUTE, AGLU, AREG, GITE, AGS and 6 more, 18 in all.

Longer Words Built on LIGATURES

Each word below uses all the letters of LIGATURES and one more.

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