Unscramble pal

6 words come out when you unscramble PAL, starting with PAL itself: 5 in Scrabble, 7 in Words With Friends. PAL has 2 anagrams here, ALP and LAP, scoring 5 like PAL itself. The strongest shorter word is PA, 4 points. The 3 letters split into 1 vowel and 2 consonants.

Looking for apl or lpa? They use the same letters as PAL, so the words on this page are their answers too.

P₃⁴A₁L₁²

Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From pal

By length, the words from PAL split into 3 with 3 letters and 3 with 2.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with pal

3 3-letter words made with PAL letters use every letter: PAL and its 2 anagrams LAP and ALP, all with 5 points.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with pal

Among the 2-letter words in PAL, PA leads with 4 points, then AL and LA on 2.

Change One Tile in PAL

Trade one tile of PAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:

P L gives ALL · unscramble all
L P gives APP · words from app
L X gives PAX · unscramble pax
L E gives APE · unscramble ape
A I gives LIP · unscramble lip
P M gives LAM · unscramble lam

More 3-letter words: starting with P · ending in L · all 3-letter words

What the Best PAL Words Mean

PAL first, then short meanings for the 5 best-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

PAL 5 · 7: to associate as friends
ALP 5 · 7: a high mountain
LAP 5 · 7: to fold over or around something
PA 4 · 5: a father
AL 2 · 3: an East Indian tree
LA 2 · 3: the sixth tone of the diatonic musical scale

PAL in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
PAL itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 6)	6	6	6

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

All 6 answers work in every game checked.

One Extra Tile and PAL Grows

Each word below uses all the letters of PAL and one more.

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