Unscramble LIGHTLIES to get 189 words. LIGHTLIES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is GHILLIES, 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12I1G23H43T1L12I1E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from LIGHTLIES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 15 with 2.
5 of 46 5-letter words from LIGHTLIES tie at 9 points; none scores more. STILL, LIGHT and EIGHT will look familiar.
GHIS, SIGH and THIG share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGHTLIES. SITE, LIST and SELL are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of LIGHTLIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GHILLIES (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LIGHTLIES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHTLIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 145 | 189 | 135 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: LIGHTLIES, GHEST, HISTIE, ILLTHS, LITHES, TEHSIL, THIGS, GILLETS, ILLTH, LEISH, LITHS, SIETH and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: SHITE, GITES, GITE, LITES, GIS, SIG, EST, GI, TES and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of LIGHTLIES spell the words below.