Unscramble PARALLELLY and you have 160 words, PARALLELLY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 6 of them, PLAYER, REPLAY and PARLAY included. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PARALLELLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 13 with 6, 33 with 5, 54 with 4, 41 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 9 letters.
PARALLEL is the only one of the 8-letter words in PARALLELLY; it scores 10 points.
Of the 33 5-letter words from PARALLELLY, 11 score 10 points, the group's best. REPLY, EARLY and LAYER are the ones most people know.
54 4-letter words from PARALLELLY; 8 of them share the top score of 9. YEAR, REAL and AREA are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PARALLELLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PA · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PALELY, PARLAY, PARLEY, PEARLY, PLAYER and REPLAY (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PARALLELLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARALLELLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 125 | 159 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PARALLELLY, AYELP, PALAY, PARLY, PYRAL, APAY, PARELLA, RYPE, PALLAE, RAYLE, ALAY, AYRE and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AREPA, PARAE and YER, 3 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.