Unscramble NEGLECTED and you have 108 words, NEGLECTED itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. ELECTED and NEGLECT are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from NEGLECTED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 9 with 6, 16 with 5, 36 with 4, 32 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NEGLECTED, CEDE and CLEG tie for first at 7 points. NEED, TEEN and EDGE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NEGLECTED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
NEGLECTED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. NEGLECTED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEGLECTED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 83 | 108 | 75 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
25 of the 108 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EGENCE, GLENTED, LENGED, CTENE, DENTEL, TEENED, DENET, GLENT, NEELD, TEEND, DEEN, DEG and 13 more. 8 of the 108 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CLEG, EELED, TENGE, DELT, LEDE, TEC, NEG and TE.