Unscramble AFFECTING and you have 194 words, AFFECTING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from AFFECTING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 22 with 6, 26 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble AFFECTING, GAFFE leads with 12 points, then FACET and FECIT on 10. AGENT, GIANT and FAINT are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble AFFECTING is CAFF, 12 points; GAFF on 11 and FIEF on 10 follow. GIFT, FACT and FACE are everyday picks.
AFF, EFF and IFF are the top 3-letter words from AFFECTING, 9 points each. CAN, GET and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of AFFECTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AF · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
AFFECTING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
AFFECTING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFECTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 194) | 154 | 193 | 137 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 194 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INFEFT, FEATING, FECIT, ANETIC, FAINE, FIENT, FITNA, CANG, ENIAC, FEG, FENI, FENT and 27 more. 17 of the 194 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FANFIC, EFFING, FINCA, NAFF, NIFF, CAF, CENTAI, GIF, TAGINE, CIG, FE, GEAN and 5 more. 1 of the 194 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.