Unscramble SCALETAIL and you have 254 words, SCALETAIL itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SCALETAIL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 18 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 33 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SCALETAIL, 22 score 8 points, the group's best. CASTLE, ALLIES and CLEATS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from SCALETAIL, the top score is 7, reached by 46. LEAST, SCALE and CELLS are the familiar ones.
42 of 60 4-letter words in SCALETAIL tie at 6 points; none scores more. CASE, CALL and EAST will look familiar.
60 3-letter words made with SCALETAIL letters; 15 of them share the top score of 5. ALL, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SCALETAIL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in IL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LACTEALS (10 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SCALETAIL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCALETAIL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 202 | 254 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: CASTELLA, SALICETA, ALLICES, ASTELIC, CAILLES, CALLAIS, ECTASIA, SACELLA, SALICET, ACATES, ALLICE, CAILLE and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: SCALETAIL, ACAIS, CLITS, ETICS, ACAI, CALS, CLIT, TECS, CAL, TEC, ATS, EST and 1 more.
These 4 words take every letter of SCALETAIL plus a single extra one.