Unscramble ZEL and you have 3 words, ZEL itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. ZE is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 3 letters, 1 vowel and 2 consonants.
Z10E1L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ZEL by length: 1 with 3 letters and 2 with 2.
Keep every letter of ZEL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 3-letter words: starting with Z · ending in L · all 3-letter words
Scrabble UK accepts ZEL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZEL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 3) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ZEL and ZE.
These 3 words take every letter of ZEL plus a single extra one.