109 words come out when you unscramble LIMELIGHT, starting with LIMELIGHT itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MIGHT and GHILLIE lead with 11 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LIMELIGHT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 6 with 6, 13 with 5, 38 with 4, 34 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 38 4-letter words from LIMELIGHT, the top score is 9, reached by 5. TIME, ITEM and TELL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LIMELIGHT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in HT · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GHILLIE and MIGHT (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. LIMELIGHT is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIMELIGHT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 109) | 90 | 108 | 85 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 18 of them: LEGITIM, MEITH, LIMELIT, MIHI, ILLTH, MILLIE, THIG, GILLET, LITH, GILET, GEIT, GLEI and 6 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: MEH, MEG, GITE, GI and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: HEMI.
This word takes every letter of LIMELIGHT plus a single extra one.