Unscramble TRANGLES and you have 282 words, TRANGLES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: STRANGLE and TANGLERS. The best shorter words score 8: 14 of them, LARGEST, STRANGE and ANGLERS included. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from TRANGLES split into 3 with 8 letters, 19 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
37 of 60 6-letter words from TRANGLES tie at 7 points; none scores more. RENTAL, AGENTS and GRANTS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANGLES; 55 of them share the top score of 6. GREAT, LARGE and RANGE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANGLES, 58 score 5 points, the group's best. GETS, GEAR and TAGS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from TRANGLES; 24 of them share the top score of 4. ARE, GET and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of TRANGLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with TR · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; STRANGLE and TANGLERS (9 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts TRANGLES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANGLES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 227 | 282 | 215 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRANGLES, ERLANGS, LANGERS, LANGEST, LARGENS, SLANGER, TRANGLE, ERLANG, GLENTS, GRASTE, LANGER, LARGEN and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GATERS, GATER, GEANS, RANGS, AREG, GEAN, NEGS, AGS, NEG, ATS, EST and TE, 12 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of TRANGLES spell the words below.