Unscramble AFTERWORD and you have 256 words, AFTERWORD itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. FARROWED and FOREWARD are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Counting the words from AFTERWORD by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 6 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
WAFTED scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble AFTERWORD at 13 points, ahead of FARROW and TWOFER on 12. REWARD, TRADER and DRAWER are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from AFTERWORD is DWARF, 12 points; FETWA and WAFER on 11 follow. AFTER, ORDER and WATER are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble AFTERWORD, DOWF leads with 11 points, then FROW and WAFT on 10. WORD, FORT and WEAR are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words from AFTERWORD, FAW, FEW and WOF tie for first at 9 points. TWO, RED and WAR are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of AFTERWORD for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with AF · ending in RD · all 9-letter words
AFTERWORD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AFTERWORD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFTERWORD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 200 | 256 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
56 of the 256 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FOREWARD, TARROWED, DOWF, FETWA, FARRED, FORRAD, FORTED, ROWTED, DOWAR, FAW, TARROW, WOF and 44 more. 11 of the 256 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FARRO, TREFA, AFRO, DEF, RETROD, OWT, EW, FE, ODA, DA and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of AFTERWORD spell the words below.