Unscramble DRIFTIEST and you have 241 words, DRIFTIEST itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Counting the words from DRIFTIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 13 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 37 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DRIFTIEST, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. FITTED, TETRIS and STRIDE are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 5-letter words from DRIFTIEST tie at 9 points; none scores more. FIRST, TRIED and TIRED will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with DRIFTIEST letters, the top score is 8, reached by 6. SIDE, EDIT and FIRE are the familiar ones.
4 of 49 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DRIFTIEST tie at 7 points; none scores more. ITS, SET and RED will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DRIFTIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DR · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
DRIFTIEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DRIFTIEST works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRIFTIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 179 | 239 | 164 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: FRISTED, RIFTIEST, FISTIER, TIFTED, FIDES, FIRIES, FITTES, FREITS, SIFREI, STRIFT, TRITIDES, DEIF and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: FRITES, DIFS, DEF, DIF, FEST, FES, TETRIS, DESI, FE, RESIT, TETRI, EDS and 3 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: FI and ITER.
This word takes every letter of DRIFTIEST plus a single extra one.