Unscramble UNTANGLED and you have 245 words, UNTANGLED itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 7 of them, TANGLED, UNTANGLE and DUNNAGE included. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from UNTANGLED split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 12 with 7, 35 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with UNTANGLED letters: UNTANGLE, 9 points.
12 of 35 6-letter words you get when you unscramble UNTANGLED tie at 8 points; none scores more. DENTAL, TUNNEL and TANNED will look familiar.
Of the 53 5-letter words from UNTANGLED, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. ADULT, AGENT and DELTA are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in UNTANGLED, the top score is 6, reached by 12. DATE, LAND and LEAD are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with UNTANGLED letters, 5 score 5 points, the group's best. GET, END and AGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UNTANGLED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UN · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
UNTANGLED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
UNTANGLED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNTANGLED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 198 | 245 | 182 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENDLANG, GAUNTED, GANNED, GANTED, UNDEALT, UNGLAD, LEGUAN, TANGUN, UNDATE, DAULT, DEGU, GADE and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LANGUED, UNGATED, AGUED, GALED, TEGULA, GLUTE, TENDU, AGLU, DELT, GEAN, DAN, LUD and 4 more, 16 in all.