Unscramble CHYLIFIES and you have 176 words, CHYLIFIES itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. CHIEFLY is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. 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 CHYLIFIES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 19 with 6, 38 with 5, 53 with 4, 44 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
FLYSCH tops the 6-letter words made with CHYLIFIES letters at 17 points; next come FLESHY and SHELFY on 15. CHIEFS and CHISEL will look familiar.
FISHY scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHYLIFIES at 14 points, ahead of CHEFS and CHIEF on 13. FILES, SHELF and FLESH are the ones most people know.
Among 53 4-letter words from CHYLIFIES, the top score is 12, reached by 4. LIFE, FILE and SELF are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CHYLIFIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CH · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHIEFLY (18 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CHYLIFIES, but the Words With Friends list does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHYLIFIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 133 | 175 | 124 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, *Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: CHYLIFIES, SHELFY, FELCH, HYLIC, CHESIL, ELCHIS, FYLES, HYLES, ELCHI, FEYS, FYLE, HEYS and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: ICEFISH, LYCHES, LYCH, CHILIS, FELSIC, CEILIS, HEILS, CEILI, HEIL and FES. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: FI.