Is STRANGLED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, STRANGLED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does STRANGLED mean?
- adjective
held in check with difficulty
“a smothered cough”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
9
Letters
S (1) + T (1) + R (1) + A (1) + N (1) + G (2) + L (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 11 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for STRANGLED
STRANGLED has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from STRANGLED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- danglers10
- dragnets10
- glanders10
- grandest10
- strangle9
- tanglers9
- angsted9
- dangers9
- dangest9
- dangler9
- dangles9
- dragnet9
- ganders9
- gardens9
- glandes9
- gnarled9
- granted9
- lagends9
- slanged9
- stanged9
- tangled9
- anglers8
- argents8
- darnels8
- darnest8
- dartles8
- dentals8
- garnets8
- gelants8
- landers8
- largest8
- relands8
- slander8
- slanted8
- snarled8
- stander8
- strange8
- tangler8
- tangles8
- angled8
- argled8
- danger8
- dangle8
- gander8
- garden8
- gasted8
- glades8
- glands8
- glared8
- grades8
- grands8
- grated8
- lagend8
- ranged8
- staged8
- tanged8
- antlers7
- rentals7
- saltern7
- sternal7
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