Unscramble NETTLELIKE and you have 147 words, NETTLELIKE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is TENTLIKE, 12 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NETTLELIKE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 23 with 6, 19 with 5, 50 with 4, 38 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in NETTLELIKE: TENTLIKE, 12 points.
Of the 23 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NETTLELIKE, 8 score 10 points, the group's best. LITTLE, KITTEN and KETTLE are the ones most people know.
Of the 50 4-letter words in NETTLELIKE, 21 score 8 points, the group's best. LIKE, LINE and LINK are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NETTLELIKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with NE · ending in KE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with TENTLIKE (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: NETTLELIKE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NETTLELIKE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 147) | 108 | 147 | 100 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: NETTLELIKE, KNITTLE, KEELIE, KELTIE, KLETT, KELL, KETE, TEEK, TINK, EIK, KET, NEK and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: KENTE, KELT, EEK, KI, LENITE, TELNET, INTEL, TEIN and TE. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: NELLIE.