Unscramble BRIEFINGS and you have 240 words, BRIEFINGS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BRIEFINGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with BRIEFINGS letters: BRIEFING, 14 points.
Of the 35 6-letter words from BRIEFINGS, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. BEGINS, BRINGS and RISING are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BRIEFINGS tie at 10 points; none scores more. BEING, BRING and BEGIN will look familiar.
FIBS and FRIB share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words made with BRIEFINGS letters. FIRE, FINE and BINS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BRIEFINGS is FIB, 8 points; FEG and FIG on 7 follow. BIG, BIN and SIR are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of BRIEFINGS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with BR · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
BRIEFINGS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BRIEFINGS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIEFINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 187 | 239 | 174 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: BINGIES, BIRSING, BREIING, FRIBS, BESING, FINERS, FIRIES, FRIB, SIFREI, BINGS, FEGS, FENIS and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: FRIGES, BINERS, GIFS, BINER, BING, GIF, FES, BES, FE, GIS, NEG, SIG and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
This word takes every letter of BRIEFINGS plus a single extra one.