297 words come out when you unscramble BEFRIENDS, starting with BEFRIENDS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BEFRIEND and DEBRIEFS lead with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BEFRIENDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words in BEFRIENDS, BRIEFED, DEBRIEF and FIBERED tie for first at 13 points. FRIENDS, DEFINES and REFINED are everyday picks.
FIBRED tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BEFRIENDS at 12 points; next come BRIEFS and FIBERS on 11. FRIEND, DEFINE and FINDER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from BEFRIENDS, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. BRIEF, FEEDS and BIRDS are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words made with BEFRIENDS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. FREE, BEEN and FIND will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BEFRIENDS, FIB leads with 8 points, then DEF and DIF on 7. END, RED and BID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BEFRIENDS but one, change that one, and you get:
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BEFRIENDS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. BEFRIENDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEFRIENDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 297) | 227 | 296 | 208 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
69 of the 297 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENFIRED, FENDIER, BREDIES, DEIFER, ENFIRES, FEERINS, FINEERS, FRIBS, BEINED, BIRSED, BREDIE, BREIDS and 57 more. 19 of the 297 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FIBRED, FRISBEE, INFEEDS, BENDIER, FEEBS, INFEED, FEEB, FIREES, FRISEE, BEEDI, BINERS, DIFS and 7 more. 1 of the 297 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.