Hidden inside allen sit elan, lane, leal and 1 other, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 4 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 18 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble LNLAE, LENAL or ALNEL and you get the same 5 letters as ALLEN: so the words from ALLEN listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
elan, lane, leal and 6 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from allen at 4 points. The top 10 of 18 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in allen. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an. For points, the strongest plays are ae, al, an, el, en, la, na, and ne — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are elan, lane, leal, and lean, worth 4 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from allen earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in allen produce 18 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 four-letter words, 6 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.