No word spells THELEAST. Unscramble THELEAST instead and you have 212 words, and the best is ATHLETES at 11 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from THELEAST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with THELEAST letters: ATHLETES, for 11 points.
Among 23 6-letter words you get when you unscramble THELEAST, the top score is 9, reached by 11. ESTATE, LATEST and SETTLE are the familiar ones.
33 of 60 5-letter words from THELEAST tie at 8 points; none scores more. STATE, LEAST and STEEL will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from THELEAST, 29 score 7 points, the group's best. LAST, SALE and EAST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of THELEAST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AT · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ATHLETES (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
THELEAST is not playable as it is in any of the three, yet its letters form 212 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THELEAST itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 212) | 168 | 212 | 161 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LATHEES, ETHALS, HEASTE, LATHEE, THETES, ASHET, EATHE, ETHAL, HALSE, HEAST, HELES, HETES and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAHS, AHS, LAH, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 7 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of THELEAST and one more.