Unscramble CTENIFORM and you have 264 words, CTENIFORM itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34T1E1N12I1F4O1R1M34
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CTENIFORM by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 14 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
COMFIT and FORMIC are the top 6-letter words from CTENIFORM, 13 points each. NOTICE, INCOME and EROTIC will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CTENIFORM; 7 of them share the top score of 10. FRONT, OFTEN and FORCE are everyday picks.
11 of 60 4-letter words in CTENIFORM tie at 9 points; none scores more. INFO, FORM and COME will look familiar.
EMF and FEM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with CTENIFORM letters. NOT, MEN and NET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CTENIFORM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CT · ending in RM · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COMFIER and CONFIRM (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CTENIFORM is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTENIFORM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 204 | 262 | 188 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: CTENIFORM, INFORCE, ENFORM, ENTOMIC, FICTOR, FREMIT, CRIMEN, FECIT, METIF, CONF, CROME, FERM and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: FRICOT, MONIC, FREON, MERC, RETCON, MENTO, MIC, ONCET, RECIT, CERT, ECO, EMO and 5 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.