Jumble solved
Is TELLTALES a word? Yes.
TELLTALES is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 9 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 147 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 147
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (T, L, L, T, L, S).
Anagrams of TELLTALES
One word uses all 9 letters:
- telltales
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
2 words found7-letter words
2 words found6-letter words
12 words found5-letter words
34 words found+ 19 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
53 words found+ 38 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
33 words found+ 18 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
10 words foundWords hidden inside TELLTALES
Without moving a single letter, reading telltales straight through uncovers 8 shorter words — telltale, tales, ales, tale, tell, ale, and more. The longest unbroken run is telltale.
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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
9
Distinct
5
Vowels
33%
E, A, E
Consonants
67%
T, L, L, T, L, S
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Solving TELLTALES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters telltales?
Rearranging the 9 letters in telltales produces 147 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 9-letter answer telltales here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does telltales have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, telltales rearranges into exactly one word: telltales.
What is the longest word you can make from telltales?
The longest solution is telltales at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from telltales?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: telltales yields ale, all, als, alt, ate, ats, att, eat, eel and ell. 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.
Which word from telltales scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, telltales is the top scorer from telltales at 9 points, followed by stellate (8), telltale (8) and alleles (7). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside telltales?
Read left to right without moving any letters and telltales already contains 8 shorter words: telltale, tales, ales, tale, tell and ale (plus 2 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is telltale. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.