Unscramble FABACEOUS and you have 161 words, FABACEOUS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from FABACEOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 18 with 5, 55 with 4, 59 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with FABACEOUS letters: COBAEAS, for 11 points.
9 of 55 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FABACEOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. CASE, FACE and BASE will look familiar.
Of the 59 3-letter words in FABACEOUS, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. USE, SEA and SUB are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FABACEOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FA · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BOEUFS, FAUCES and FUCOSE (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FABACEOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FABACEOUS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 117 | 161 | 98 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: COBAEAS, BASUCO, BUFOS, COBAEA, ABACS, BUFO, CABAS, CAUF, FUSC, ABAC, BACS, CABA and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: FABACEOUS, BOEUFS, BOEUF, CAFS, FABS, CAF, FAB, BAES, ECOS, FES, OBAS, SOBA and 7 more.