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LIGANDS shares its exact letters with LADINGS, so both pages return the same word list. We treat LADINGS as the primary page for this letter set.

Unscramble LIGANDS

We found 177 words that can be made from the letters in LIGANDS — the longest are 7 letters.

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LIGANDS— Letter Tiles & Points
9
Scrabble
12
WWF

Direct Anagrams of LIGANDS (1)

These are words made by rearranging all the letters of LIGANDS:

Words Made from LIGANDS (177 total)

7-Letter Words (2)

18 pts

6-Letter Words (11)

80 pts

5-Letter Words (33)

202 pts

4-Letter Words (68)

339 pts

3-Letter Words (45)

167 pts

2-Letter Words (16)

38 pts

1-Letter Words (2)

2 pts
Plain text list — all 177 words from LIGANDS

LADINGS, LIGANDS, GLANDS, LADING, LIGAND, ALGINS, ALIGNS, ISLAND, LASING, LIANGS, LIGANS, LINGAS, SIGNAL, ALGID, DANGS, DINGS, GADIS, GAIDS, GILDS, GLADS, GLAND, ALGIN, ALIGN, DALIS, DIALS, GAINS, GILAS, GLANS, GLIAS, LAIDS, LANDS, LIANG, LIGAN, LINDS, LINGA, LINGS, NIDAL, SIGLA, SIGNA, SLAID, SLANG, SLING, DAGS, DANG, DIGS, DING, GADI, GADS, GAID, GIDS, GILD, GLAD, GLID, IGAD, ANILS, NAILS, SLAIN, SNAIL, AGIN, AIDS, ANDS, DAIS, DALI, DALS, DANS, DIAL, DINS, DISA, GAIN, GALS, GANS, GILA, GINS, GLIA, INGS, LADS, LAGS, LAID, LAND, LANG, LIDS, LIGS, LIND, LING, NADS, NAGS, NGAI, NIDS, SADI, SAID, SAND, SANG, SIDA, SIGN, SILD, SIND, SING, SLAG, SLID, SNAG, SNIG, DAG, DIG, GAD, GID, AILS, AINS, ANIL, ANIS, ISNA, LAIN, LIAS, LINS, NAIL, NILS, SAIL, SAIN, SIAL, ADS, AGS, AID, AND, DAL, DAN, DAS, DIN, DIS, GAL, GAN, GAS, GIN, GIS, IDS, ING, LAD, LAG, LID, LIG, NAG, NID, SAD, SAG, AIL, AIN, AIS, ALS, ANI, ANS, INS, LAS, LIN, LIS, NAS, NIL, NIS, SAI, SAL, SAN, SIN, AD, AG, DA, DI, GI, ID, AI, AL, AN, AS, IN, IS, LA, LI, NA, SI, A, I

What makes LIGANDS interesting

  • Letter make-up: 2 vowels (I, A) and 5 consonants (L, G, N, D, S) — a vowel ratio of 29%.
  • Highest-value tile: G at 2 Scrabble points (3 in Words With Friends). Build around it when a premium square is available.
  • Score ranking: at 9 points, LIGANDS scores higher than 11% of all 7-letter words in our dictionary.
  • Dictionary status: valid in TWL. See what each dictionary covers →
  • Alphabetical signature: adgilns — every word sharing this signature is an anagram of LIGANDS.

Words hidden inside LIGANDS

These valid words appear as an unbroken run of letters inside LIGANDS: LIGAND, LIGAN, ANDS, LIG, GAN, AND.

Best plays from LIGANDS

The longest words you can build from this rack are LADINGS (9 pts), ALGINS (7 pts), ALIGNS (7 pts), GLANDS (8 pts), ISLAND (7 pts), LADING (8 pts).

About Unscrambling LIGANDS

The letters LIGANDS (l, i, g, a, n, d, s) can be rearranged into 177 different words, the longest of which are 7-letter words. Every one of those words is listed in full above — nothing is hidden behind a click or a script.

Definition: an unscramble is the act of rearranging a jumbled set of letters back into valid dictionary words. Unlike a simple anagram (which must use every letter exactly once), unscrambling also finds every shorter sub-word that can be built from a subset of those letters.

LIGANDS is a valid word in the TWL dictionary, worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends before board multipliers.

Letter Values in LIGANDS

  • L = 1 Scrabble point · 2 WWF points (worth more in WWF)
  • I = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • G = 2 Scrabble points · 3 WWF points (worth more in WWF)
  • A = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point
  • N = 1 Scrabble point · 2 WWF points (worth more in WWF)
  • D = 2 Scrabble points · 2 WWF points
  • S = 1 Scrabble point · 1 WWF point

How We Calculated These Words

Every candidate above was looked up by its alphabetical signature— the letters of the word sorted into A–Z order. Two words share a signature if and only if they contain the same letters, which is what makes anagram and sub-anagram lookups instant instead of O(n!). We then subtract each candidate's per-letter counts from your input's counts, drawing on the wildcard pool for any deficit, so only words you actually have the tiles to spell are returned. Read the full methodology →

Frequently asked about LIGANDS

How many words can you make from LIGANDS?

177 valid dictionary words can be made from the letters in LIGANDS, ranging from 2 letters up to 7 letters. Every one of them is listed on this page.

Is LIGANDS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. LIGANDS appears in TWL dictionary and is worth 9 points in Scrabble before any board multipliers.

What is an anagram of LIGANDS?

LIGANDS has 1 direct anagram: LADINGS. A direct anagram uses every letter of LIGANDS exactly once.

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