179 words come out when you unscramble LINGULAE, starting with LINGULAE itself: 9 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 8: 7 of them, LINGUAL, NIGELLA and GALLEIN included. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LINGULAE split into 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 22 with 6, 29 with 5, 56 with 4, 45 with 3 and 18 with 2.
20 of 29 5-letter words from LINGULAE tie at 6 points; none scores more. LEGAL, ANGEL and ANGLE will look familiar.
Of the 56 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LINGULAE, 34 score 5 points, the group's best. LINE, GAIN and NULL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LINGULAE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LI · ending in AE · all 8-letter words
LINGULAE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LINGULAE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINGULAE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 136 | 178 | 126 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EALING, LEGLAN, LEGLIN, LEGUAN, LINGEL, LINGLE, LUNGIE, UILLEAN, ULLING, ANELLI, GENAL, LIGNE and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LINGULAE, LINGULA, NIGELLA, AGLU, GEAN, NEG, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.
With one more tile, the letters of LINGULAE spell the words below.