Unscramble THROUGHLY and you have 140 words, THROUGHLY itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 14 points, THROUGH, ROUGHLY and YOGHURT among them. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from THROUGHLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 24 with 5, 44 with 4, 43 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble THROUGHLY, GOTHY and HOUGH tie for first at 12 points. YOUTH, TRULY and TOUGH are everyday picks.
HOGH, HUGY and YOGH are the top 4-letter words from THROUGHLY, 11 points each. TOUR, HOUR and HOLY will look familiar.
Of the 43 3-letter words made with THROUGHLY letters, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. OUT, HOT and GOT are the ones most people know.
What THROUGHLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept THROUGHLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THROUGHLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 111 | 139 | 104 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: OUGHLY, GOTHY, HOUGH, HOGH, HUGY, ROUGHT, GURLY, HOH, LURGY, RHY, ROGUY, GULY and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: ROUGHY, GOTH, RYU, TROG, ORG, TROU and LOR. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: GOY.
This word takes every letter of THROUGHLY plus a single extra one.