Unscramble BUTTERFLYING and you have 365 words, BUTTERFLYING itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is RUBEFYING, 18 points. The 12 letters split into 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BUTTERFLYING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 8 with 9, 26 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in BUTTERFLYING: FLUTTERING, 14 points.
FERLYING, GENTRIFY and REFLYING share the top score of 15 among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble BUTTERFLYING. URGENTLY and BITTERLY are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words from BUTTERFLYING, BRIEFLY and BRUTIFY tie for first at 15 points. BETTING, LIBERTY and RELYING are everyday picks.
BELFRY, RUBEFY and RUBIFY are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BUTTERFLYING, 14 points each. FIGURE, TRYING and BUYING will look familiar.
The 5-letter words from BUTTERFLYING are led by FUGLY and GULFY, 12 points each. BUYER, BRIEF and FIBER are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words in BUTTERFLYING tie at 10 points; none scores more. FILE, LEFT and GIFT will look familiar.
FEY, FLY and FRY share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words made with BUTTERFLYING letters. BUY, BIG and YET are the ones most people know.
This word has the length of BUTTERFLYING, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with BU · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
BUTTERFLYING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. BUTTERFLYING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTERFLYING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 365) | 288 | 364 | 272 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RUBEFYING, BURLEYING, FERLYING, RUBEFY, RUBIFY, BERGYLT, BREYING, FEYING, TURGENTLY, BEGIFT, BLINGY, BUNGEY and 64 more, 76 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FUGLY, RINGLETY, BUTTLING, FELTY, FUGLIER, TREYF, BLINY, BURFI, GLINTY, REGIFT, BING, ENUF and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: FI.