Unscramble OLIGARCHAL to get 249 words. OLIGARCHAL itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OLIGARCHAL by length: 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 8, 13 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
9 of 29 6-letter words from OLIGARCHAL tie at 11 points; none scores more. COLLAR, RACIAL and GARLIC will look familiar.
CHAGA scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OLIGARCHAL at 11 points, ahead of ACHAR and ARCHI on 10. LOCAL, CHAIR and LOGIC are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OLIGARCHAL, CHOG and GACH tie for first at 10 points. CALL, HILL and HALL are everyday picks.
7 of 60 3-letter words from OLIGARCHAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. ALL, CAR and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OLIGARCHAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OL · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AGALLOCH and OLIGARCH (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: OLIGARCHAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLIGARCHAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 206 | 249 | 175 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OLIGARCHAL, GRALLOCH, CHORIA, LORCHA, ACHAR, CHARA, CHIRL, CHOG, CALIGO, CHAL, CORALLA, RACH and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ALACHLOR, ORCHILLA, ACHIRAL, CHAGA, ARCHI, CHOIL, CHOLA, CHOLI, GACH, GALLICA, CHAI, ARGH and 19 more, 31 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of OLIGARCHAL and one more.