Unscramble BEFFANAS to get 101 words. BEFFANAS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BEFFANAS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 2 with 6, 11 with 5, 34 with 4, 35 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 4-letter words from BEFFANAS, BAFF leads with 12 points, then EFFS and NAFF on 10. BASE, SAFE and FANS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of BEFFANAS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BE · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BAFFS (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BEFFANAS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEFFANAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 101) | 78 | 101 | 67 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: BEFFANAS, BEFFANA, BEFANAS, FANBASE, BEFANA, BASAN, BASEN, FAAN, FAAS, NEFS, FAA, FAE and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: NAFFS, NAFF, FABS, FAB, BAES, FES, BAE, BES, FE, NAES and SAN.