67 words come out when you unscramble CATCHFLY, starting with CATCHFLY itself: 21 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. CATCHY is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 8 letters, 1 vowel and 7 consonants.
C34A1T1C34H43F4L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CATCHFLY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 8 with 5, 21 with 4, 24 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of CATCHFLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
CATCHFLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CATCHFLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATCHFLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 67) | 56 | 66 | 49 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHAFT, CLATCH, CHAL, ACH, CHA, CLY, FY, CH, CLAT and TAY, 10 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LYCH, TALCY, CATH, FAH, CAF, LAH and CAL, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF.