What It Scores
ELEGANT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 L1 E1 G2 A1 N1 T1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In ELEGANT
136 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (11)
5 letter words (21)
AGENEAGENTAGLEEAGLETANELEANGELANGLEEAGLEEATENELATEENATEETAGEGENALGENETGLEANGLEETGLENTLATENLEANTTELAETENGE
4 letter words (47)
AGEEAGENALEEANTEEALEEGALELANETENETNAGAENGALEGANEGANTGATEGEALGEANGEATGELTGENAGENEGENTGETAGLEEGLENGNATLANELANGLANTLATELEANLEATLEETLENGLENTNEALNEATNETETAELTALETANETANGTEALTEELTEENTELATELETENE
3 letter words (42)
AGEALEALTANEANTATEEANEATEELEENELTENEENGETAGAEGALGANGATGEEGELGENGETLAGLATLEALEELEGLETNAENAGNATNEENEGNETTAETAGTANTEATEETEGTELTEN
2 letter words (15)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.