156 words come out when you unscramble TELEGENIC, starting with TELEGENIC itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
T1E1L12E1G23E1N12I1C34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from TELEGENIC by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 15 with 6, 32 with 5, 46 with 4, 42 with 3 and 11 with 2.
The 5-letter words from TELEGENIC are led by CLING and GENIC, 8 points each. ELITE, ELECT and INLET are the familiar ones.
CLEG tops the 4-letter words from TELEGENIC at 7 points; next come CEIL and CELT on 6. LINE, TEEN and NICE will look familiar.
CIG scores highest among the 3-letter words in TELEGENIC at 6 points, ahead of CEE and CEL on 5. GET, LET and NET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TELEGENIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TE · ending in IC · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ELECTING (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TELEGENIC 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TELEGENIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 156) | 119 | 156 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 156 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EGENCE, GLEENIE, CLINT, CTENE, ENGILT, INCLE, LEEING, CIEL, EIGNE, GILET, GLENT, LIENEE and 25 more. 15 of the 156 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TELECINE, CLEG, EELING, INCEL, CIG, CLIT, LENITE, TENGE, GITE, INTEL, TEC, NEG and 3 more.
These 2 words take every letter of TELEGENIC plus a single extra one.