Unscramble UNCANDLED and you have 176 words, UNCANDLED itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CANDLED and CAUDLED, 11 points each. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from UNCANDLED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 26 with 6, 33 with 5, 52 with 4, 40 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with UNCANDLED letters: DUNELAND, for 10 points.
26 6-letter words from UNCANDLED; 4 of them share the top score of 10. CANDLE, LANDED and CANNED are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UNCANDLED, DECAD leads with 9 points, then ACNED and ADUNC on 8. DANCE, CLEAN and UNCLE are the familiar ones.
52 4-letter words in UNCANDLED; 7 of them share the top score of 7. LAND, LEAD and DEAL are everyday picks.
CAD and CUD share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words made with UNCANDLED letters. CAN, ADD and END are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UNCANDLED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UN · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
UNCANDLED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: UNCANDLED is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNCANDLED itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 145 | 175 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 30 of them: CAUDLED, CUDDEN, LAUNCED, DECAD, UNCLED, ANCLE, DALED, ECAD, ANCE, CANN, DAUD, DUED and 18 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: UNCANDLED, DECAN, DULCE, CAL, DAN, LUD, DA and LUN. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: NANCE.