Unscramble NERAL and you have 43 words, NERAL itself among them: it scores 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of NERAL are on the page: LEARN and RENAL, each 5 points. 16 shorter words score 4, among them REAL, NEAR and LANE. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NERAL by length: 3 with 5 letters, 16 with 4, 12 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Keep every letter of NERAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with NE · ending in AL · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LEARN and RENAL (5 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NERAL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NERAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 43) | 34 | 43 | 32 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NERAL, ARLE, LAER, LARE, NEAL, REAN, EAN, REN and EA, 9 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LARN and NARE, 2 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of NERAL plus a single extra one.