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LENGTH is a familiar six-letter word with a few distinct uses. It can describe an object's longest measurement, a span of time, or the gap between horses at a race finish. Its 10-point tile value comes mostly from H, while its letter arrangement has no anagrams or one-letter neighbours in the listed word data.

LENGTH at a glance

• LENGTH has 6 letters and scores 10 base points in Scrabble.
• The H is worth 4 points; G adds 2, and each other tile adds 1.
• LENGTH has no anagrams and no one-letter neighbours.
• Its ending, GTH, rhymes with 8 words, including STRENGTH and WAVELENGTH.

What does LENGTH mean?

LENGTH most often means the distance along an object's longest dimension. You might measure the length of a table, a road, or a line segment. The word also means duration: a meeting has a length in time, just as a board has a length in space.

In horse racing, a length measures the gap between horses at the finish. That sense makes the word a unit of distance as well as a general measurement. LENGTH is common enough for everyday writing, but its three uses depend on context; a race report and a furniture description mean different things.

How the LENGTH Scrabble score adds up

The LENGTH Scrabble score totals 10 before any board premiums: L, E, N and T are worth 1 point each, G is worth 2, and H is worth 4. H supplies two-fifths of the tile total, so it is the letter to protect if you are planning around a premium square.

A six-letter rack does not make LENGTH an anagram-friendly set: there are zero rearrangements and zero one-letter neighbours. Among 22,710 six-letter words, that makes LENGTH a poor set of tiles for searching by small spelling changes. Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE include the word; check your game's word list if you are unsure which dictionary it uses.