Unscramble TEIL and you have 17 words, TEIL itself among them: it scores 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. TEIL has 2 anagrams here, LITE and TILE, scoring 4 like TEIL itself. 4 letters: 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from TEIL by length: 3 with 4 letters, 8 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of TEIL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with TE · ending in IL · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to TEIL:
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LITE and TILE (4 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts TEIL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEIL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 17) | 15 | 17 | 14 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
2 of the 17 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEIL and ELT. 1 of the 17 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: TE.
These 12 words take every letter of TEIL plus a single extra one.