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Anagrams of IDLE

IDLE has 4 letters and 4 anagrams that use every letter: LIED, DELI, DEIL and DIEL. Its letters also make 12 shorter words, listed below by length with their points.

IDLE: not in action or at work (WordNet 3.1, Princeton University)

Full anagrams of IDLE (4)

Every word below uses all 4 letters of IDLE (I D L E), each exactly once.

  • LIED5
  • DELI5
  • DEIL5
  • DIEL5
LIED
form of LIE: be located or situated somewhere
DELI
a shop selling ready-to-eat food products

3-letter words from the letters of IDLE (7)

  • DEL4
  • DIE4
  • ELD4
  • LED4
  • LEI3
  • LID4
  • LIE3

2-letter words from the letters of IDLE (5)

  • DE3
  • ED3
  • EL2
  • ID3
  • LI2

What the words from IDLE mean

DIE
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to…
LIE
be located or situated somewhere
LED
form of LEAD: take somebody somewhere
LID
either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
ID
(psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity
LEI
flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental…

Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

IDLE in numbers

Letters
4 (2 vowels, 4 different)
Full anagrams
4
Words from its letters
12
Longest shorter word
DEL, DIE and ELD (3 letters)
Best score
LIED, 5 points
IDLE itself
5 points before bonus squares

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Anagrams come from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Meanings are short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University). Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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What is an anagram of IDLE?

LIED, DELI, DEIL and DIEL: the words using exactly the letters I D L E, each once.

How many words can you make from the letters of IDLE?

16 words of two letters or more (4 using all 4 letters), each letter used at most once, from Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words).

What is the highest-scoring word from IDLE?

LIED, worth 5 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares.

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