Unscramble ARCHFIEND and you have 287 words, ARCHFIEND itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. FINCHED is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ARCHFIEND split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with ARCHFIEND letters: INARCHED, for 14 points.
The best of the 6-letter words from ARCHFIEND is CHAFED, 15 points; CHAFER and FRENCH on 14 follow. FRIEND, FINDER and DANCER are everyday picks.
4 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ARCHFIEND tie at 13 points; none scores more. CHINA, DANCE and CHIEF will look familiar.
CHEF scores highest among the 4-letter words in ARCHFIEND at 12 points, ahead of CHAD and CHID on 10. FIND, EACH and CARD are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with ARCHFIEND letters, FAH and FEH tie for first at 9 points. CAN, HAD and CAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ARCHFIEND but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AR · ending in ND · all 9-letter words
What ARCHFIEND means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ARCHFIEND is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHFIEND itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 226 | 286 | 204 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FINCHED, FARCIED, DIARCH, RICHED, ARCHEI, CHENAR, CHINAR, DENCH, ENARCH, ERIACH, FARCIN, FRIANDE and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHAINER, INCHER, ARCHI, DANCIER, DEHAIR, FADEIN, FINCA, HANDER, CHAI, CNIDAE, FAH, AHED and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 2 words take every letter of ARCHFIEND plus a single extra one.