Unscramble LONELIEST to get 280 words. LONELIEST itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
L12O1N12E1L12I1E1S1T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LONELIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 23 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 23 with 2.
All 23 of the 7-letter words made with LONELIEST letters score 7 points. TENSILE is the one most people know.
Every one of the 52 6-letter words from LONELIEST scores 6. LISTEN, SILENT and STOLEN are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LONELIEST come to 60, each scoring 5 points. NOTES, LINES and NOISE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LONELIEST score 4 points. LIST, LINE and NOTE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 59 3-letter words from LONELIEST scores 3. NOT, ONE and SEE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LONELIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LO · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
What LONELIEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. LONELIEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONELIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 216 | 280 | 200 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: NOSELITE, STELLION, ESTOILE, LIONELS, LIONETS, OILLETS, STELLIO, TELLENS, TELLINS, TOLLIES, EISELL, ESLOIN and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: LENITES, ONLIEST, INTELS, LENITE, OLLIES, ONESIE, TENESI, INTEL, LILOS, LITES, OLLIE, ESNE and 5 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: NELLIE.
These 3 words take every letter of LONELIEST plus a single extra one.