138 words come out when you unscramble SPEEDWELL, starting with SPEEDWELL itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. SPEWED is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1P34E1E1D2W4E1L12L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SPEEDWELL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 36 with 5, 51 with 4, 26 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 36 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPEEDWELL, the top score is 10, reached by 4. SPEED, SLEEP and WELLS are the familiar ones.
5 of 51 4-letter words from SPEEDWELL tie at 9 points; none scores more. WELL, SELL and DEEP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SPEEDWELL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in LL · all 9-letter words
The meaning of SPEEDWELL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SPEEDWELL works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPEEDWELL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 138) | 109 | 138 | 99 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWEELED, LEEPED, PELLED, SWEED, ELPEES, SEWEL, SPELD, SWEEL, WEELS, ELPEE, LEEPS, PELLS and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WELP, DEPS, EEEW, DEP, EELED, EEW, LEDES, EW, LEDE and EDS, 10 in all.
This word takes every letter of SPEEDWELL plus a single extra one.