Unscramble LITERATELY and you have 288 words, LITERATELY itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LATTERLY and ALTERITY lead with 11 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12I1T1E1R1A1T1E1L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from LITERATELY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 25 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 25 7-letter words made with LITERATELY letters, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. REALITY, LITERAL and ATELIER are the ones most people know.
Among 57 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LITERATELY, the top score is 9, reached by 27. LITTLE, REALLY and LETTER are the familiar ones.
26 of 60 5-letter words from LITERATELY tie at 8 points; none scores more. EARLY, LATER and ALERT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LITERATELY, 36 score 7 points, the group's best. YEAR, LATE and RELY are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from LITERATELY; 17 of them share the top score of 6. ARE, ALL and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LITERATELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with LI · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
What LITERATELY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LITERATELY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITERATELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 224 | 287 | 213 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 288 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ELYTRAL, EYALET, RAILLY, RAYLET, TAILYE, TELARY, TILERY, TITELY, YETTIE, AIERY, ALEYE, AYRIE and 51 more. 11 of the 288 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ALTERITY, RATTILY, RETALLY, TARTILY, AIYEE, LAIRY, YEET, YER, ARIE, RAI and TE. 1 of the 288 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.