Unscramble BAFFIES and you have 64 words, BAFFIES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. BAFFS and BIFFS are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. BAFFIES as a single 7-tile play makes 65 in Scrabble, 15 plus the 50 bonus, and 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BAFFIES split into 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 5 with 5, 16 with 4, 25 with 3 and 16 with 2.
AFFIES is the only one of the 6-letter words made with BAFFIES letters; it scores 12 points.
Keep every letter of BAFFIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
BAFFIES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BAFFIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFFIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 64) | 55 | 63 | 48 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AFFIES, ABIES, FEIS, FAE, SIF, EAS, SAI and EA, 8 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FABS, FAB, BAES, FES, BAE, BES and FE, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.