Unscramble STRANGLES and you have 302 words, STRANGLES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 9 points, STRANGLE, SLANGERS and STRANGES among them. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STRANGLES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 34 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 34 7-letter words in STRANGLES, the top score is 8, reached by 21. RENTALS, LARGEST and STRANGE are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STRANGLES; 46 of them share the top score of 7. AGENTS, GRANTS and ALERTS are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from STRANGLES score 6 points. GREAT, LARGE and RANGE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words made with STRANGLES letters scores 5. GETS, GEAR and TAGS are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble STRANGLES, the top score is 4, reached by 24. ARE, GET and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of STRANGLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
STRANGLES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. STRANGLES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRANGLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 302) | 242 | 302 | 228 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
60 of the 302 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SLANGERS, TRANGLES, ERLANGS, GLASSEN, LANGERS, LANGEST, LARGENS, SERANGS, SLANGER, SLANTERS, TAGLESS, TRANGLE and 48 more. 14 of the 302 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STRANGES, GATERS, SARSNET, GATER, GEANS, RANGS, AREG, GEAN, NEGS, AGS, NEG, ATS and 2 more.
This word takes every letter of STRANGLES plus a single extra one.