Unscramble OUGHLIED and you have 172 words, OUGHLIED itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is GHOULIE, 11 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OUGHLIED split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 25 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 23 with 2.
DOUGH tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OUGHLIED at 10 points; next come DHOLE and GHOUL on 9. GUIDE, LODGE and GUILD will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from OUGHLIED, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. GOLD, HELD and HUGE are the ones most people know.
58 3-letter words from OUGHLIED; 9 of them share the top score of 7. OLD, GOD and LOG are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of OUGHLIED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OU · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GHOULIE (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts OUGHLIED, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUGHLIED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 127 | 171 | 119 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
44 of the 172 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OUGHLIED, HOIED, LEUGH, OUGLIED, DHOL, EUGH, HEID, HILD, UGLIED, GLODE, HULE, OUGLIE and 32 more. 8 of the 172 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOH, DUH, LOID, LUDO, OLDE, LUD, GI and OI. 1 of the 172 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.
Each word below uses all the letters of OUGHLIED and one more.