Unscramble TANGLINGLY and you have 177 words, TANGLINGLY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. GALLYING is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TANGLINGLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 9 with 7, 16 with 6, 32 with 5, 55 with 4, 44 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TANGLINGLY are led by LAGGY, NAGGY and TAGGY, 10 points each. GIANT, AGING and LYING are the familiar ones.
5 of 55 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TANGLINGLY tie at 8 points; none scores more. ANTI, GAIN and TINY will look familiar.
GAY, TYG and YAG share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from TANGLINGLY. ALL, ANY and INN are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of TANGLINGLY, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with TA · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GALLYING (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts TANGLINGLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TANGLINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 141 | 177 | 128 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 177 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TANGLINGLY, GIANTLY, GNATLING, LYTING, TAGGY, GANTING, GATLING, NYING, GYAL, GYAN, LAGGIN, TANLING and 24 more. 13 of the 177 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NIGGLY, GLINTY, LAGGY, GALING, LAYIN, LINNY, LIGNAN, TIYN, TYIN, YAG, IGG, TIAN and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of TANGLINGLY plus a single extra one.