Unscramble CRANEFLY and you have 197 words, CRANEFLY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CALEFY, 14 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CRANEFLY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 20 with 2.
LARCENY is the only one of the 7-letter words made with CRANEFLY letters; it scores 12 points.
FANCY and FARCY are the top 5-letter words from CRANEFLY, 13 points each. LEARN, EARLY and CLEAR will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CRANEFLY is FYCE, 12 points; FLAY and FLEY on 10 follow. YEAR, CARE and FACE are everyday picks.
4 of 56 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CRANEFLY tie at 9 points; none scores more. ARE, CAN and ANY will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CRANEFLY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CR · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FANCY and FARCY (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CRANEFLY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRANEFLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 197) | 150 | 196 | 145 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: CRANEFLY, CALEFY, AREFY, FAYER, FAYNE, FAYRE, FLARY, FYLE, RYFE, ANERLY, CANY, CRAY and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: LYCRA, CAF, YER, CAL and FE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ALF.