Jumble solved
Is NEGLECTFUL a word? Yes.
NEGLECTFUL is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 10 letters, worth 16 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 142 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 142
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 7
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, E, U) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 7 remaining consonants (N, G, L, C, T, F, L).
neglectful in a sentence
“Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of NEGLECTFUL
One word uses all 10 letters:
- neglectful
10-letter words
1 word found9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
1 word found- feculent13
7-letter words
5 words found6-letter words
12 words found- engulf10
5-letter words
20 words found+ 5 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
48 words found+ 33 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
44 words found+ 29 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
10 words foundWords hidden inside NEGLECTFUL
Without moving a single letter, reading neglectful straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — neglect, neg. The longest unbroken run is neglect.
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Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
10
Distinct
8
Vowels
30%
E, E, U
Consonants
70%
N, G, L, C, T, F, L
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Solving NEGLECTFUL: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters neglectful?
Rearranging the 10 letters in neglectful produces 142 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 10-letter answer neglectful here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does neglectful have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, neglectful rearranges into exactly one word: neglectful.
What is the longest word you can make from neglectful?
The longest solution is neglectful at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from neglectful?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: neglectful yields cee, cel, cue, cut, ecu, eel, eft, elf, ell and eng. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "neglectful" used in a sentence?
Neglectful is itself a valid word. For example: "Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from neglectful scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, neglectful is the top scorer from neglectful at 16 points, followed by genuflect (15), feculent (13) and uncleft (12). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside neglectful?
Read left to right without moving any letters and neglectful already contains 2 shorter words: neglect and neg. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is neglect. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.