Unscramble CEASEFIRE and you have 222 words, CEASEFIRE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FARCIES, FIACRES and REFACES lead with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CEASEFIRE split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 26 6-letter words in CEASEFIRE, the top score is 11, reached by 8. EASIER, FIERCE and CREASE are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 5-letter words from CEASEFIRE tie at 10 points; none scores more. FACES, ACRES and RACES will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CEASEFIRE, the top score is 9, reached by 5. FREE, CASE and CARE are the familiar ones.
CAF tops the 3-letter words made with CEASEFIRE letters at 8 points; next come ARF and EFS on 6. ARE, SEE and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CEASEFIRE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CE · ending in RE · all 9-letter words
What CEASEFIRE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CEASEFIRE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEASEFIRE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 174 | 221 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AREFIES, FASCI, FEERIES, FEARES, FEERIE, FIERES, FARSE, FEARE, FEERS, FEESE, FIERE, FIERS and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CEASEFIRE, CAFS, FIREES, FRISEE, CAF, FIREE, CRIAS, CRIA, FES, FE, ARIE and RAI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of CEASEFIRE spell the words below.