256 words come out when you unscramble LIMELIGHTS, starting with LIMELIGHTS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from LIMELIGHTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 4 with 8, 14 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 19 with 2.
The 6-letter words from LIMELIGHTS are led by MIGHTS and SMIGHT, 12 points each. LIGHTS, LIMITS and SLIGHT are the familiar ones.
MIGHT scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LIMELIGHTS at 11 points, ahead of HELMS and HIEMS on 10. ITEMS, TIMES and LIGHT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from LIMELIGHTS, the top score is 9, reached by 9. TIME, ITEM and HILL are the familiar ones.
HEM, HIM and MEH are the top 3-letter words in LIMELIGHTS, 8 points each. GET, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LIMELIGHTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with LI · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MISLIGHT (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LIMELIGHTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIMELIGHTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 203 | 255 | 189 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
52 of the 256 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIGHTLIES, SMIGHT, LEGITIMS, MEISHI, MEITHS, HIEMS, IMSHI, LEGITIM, MEITH, MIHIS, GHEST, HISTIE and 40 more. 14 of the 256 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HIMS, MEH, SHITE, MEGS, GITES, MEG, STIM, MES, GIS, SIG, EST, GI and 2 more. 1 of the 256 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.