Unscramble ARTIFACTS and you have 236 words, ARTIFACTS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ARTIFACT and FRASCATI, 13 points each. The 9 letters split into 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 ARTIFACTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 5 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 42 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ARTIFACTS, 7 score 11 points, the group's best. ARTIST, STATIC and CRAFTS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from ARTIFACTS, the top score is 10, reached by 8. FIRST, FACTS and CRAFT are the familiar ones.
CAFS, FACT and FISC are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ARTIFACTS, 9 points each. CART, CARS and ARTS will look familiar.
CAF scores highest among the 3-letter words from ARTIFACTS at 8 points, ahead of AFT and ARF on 6. ITS, CAR and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ARTIFACTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AR · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What ARTIFACTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ARTIFACTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTIFACTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 178 | 235 | 161 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FACTIS, FRACTS, FASCI, FRACT, FATSIA, STRIFT, TRIACTS, ARTICS, CARTAS, FASTI, FITTS, FRATI and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FRASCATI, FACTA, CAFS, IFTARS, CAF, IFTAR, ACAIS, CRIAS, CRITS, STRIATA, ACAI, CRIA and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.