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200 words in Scrabble US

A list of words that start with TEL for Scrabble that can also be used while playing Words with Friends. Search your own letters.

Tel is a playable Scrabble Word!

We've put together a list of 200 words that start with the letters "Tel" for word games like Scrabble and Words with Friends. This list starts with the highest scoring words and is then organized by how many letters the word has, with the longest at the top (so, for 7-8 letter words starting with "Tel", start at the top).

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11 letters 32 words

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10 letters 40 words

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9 letters 51 words

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8 letters 28 words

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7 letters 23 words

6 letters 11 words

5 letters 10 words

4 letters 4 words

3 letters 1 word

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What are the best Scrabble words starting with TEL?

The highest scoring Scrabble word starting with TEL is Tellurizing, which is worth at least 21 points without any bonuses. The next best word starting with TEL is Tellurized, which is worth 20 points. Other high score words starting with TEL are Telefaxes (19), Telegraphic (19), Telegraphy (19), Teleshopped (19), Tellurizes (19).

WordLettersPoints
tellurizing1121
tellurized1020
telefaxes919
telegraphic1119
telegraphy1019
teleshopped1119
tellurizes1019
telegraphed1118
televiewing1118
tellurize918

How many words start with the letters TEL?

There are 200 words that start with the letters TEL in the Scrabble dictionary. Of those 32 are 11 letter words, 40 are 10 letter words, 51 are 9 letter words, 28 are 8 letter words, 23 are 7 letter words, 11 are 6 letter words, 10 are 5 letter words, 4 are 4 letter words and 1 is a 3 letter word.