Unscramble SKAIL and you have 42 words, SKAIL itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: KAILS, KALIS and LAIKS. 10 shorter words score 8, among them SILK, KALI and SAKI. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SKAIL split into 4 with 5 letters, 14 with 4, 15 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of SKAIL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with SK · ending in IL · all 5-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by KAILS (9 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SKAIL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKAIL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 42) | 32 | 42 | 28 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KALIS, LAIKS, SKAIL, KAIS, KALI, LAIK, LISK, KAI, SIK and SAI, 10 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SIKA, KIS, KI and LIAS, 4 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of SKAIL plus a single extra one.