220 words come out when you unscramble DAFTNESS, starting with DAFTNESS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 5 of them, FASTED, FATNESS and FASTENS included. 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 DAFTNESS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 21 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 20 with 2.
DEFAST, DEFATS and FASTED are the top 6-letter words made with DAFTNESS letters, 10 points each. STANDS, SAFEST and ASSENT will look familiar.
Of the 59 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DAFTNESS, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. STAND, DATES and ASSET are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from DAFTNESS; 8 of them share the top score of 8. DATE, SEND and EAST are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with DAFTNESS letters are led by DEF, FAD and FED, 7 points each. SET, END and NET are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of DAFTNESS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with DA · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
What DAFTNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DAFTNESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAFTNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 220) | 172 | 220 | 149 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 220 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEFAST, FANDS, NEFAST, SAFED, FAND, FENTS, FENT, NEFS, SAFT, SNEADS, STENDS, TEFS and 36 more. 23 of the 220 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FESTAS, FESTA, FESTS, DEF, FEST, FES, TASED, DANS, FE, SENTS, STANS, TASES and 11 more.