Unscramble FABLIAU and you have 47 words, FABLIAU itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. FIBULA is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 7 letters: 4 vowels and 3 consonants. FABLIAU as a single 7-tile play makes 62 in Scrabble, 12 plus the 50 bonus, and 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FABLIAU by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 1 with 5, 12 with 4, 20 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Just 1 of the 5-letter words made with FABLIAU letters: LABIA, for 7 points.
Trade one tile of FABLIAU for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with FA · ending in U · all 7-letter words
What FABLIAU means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FABLIAU, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FABLIAU itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 47) | 37 | 45 | 36 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAUF, AUF, BALU, FAA, AULA, AIA, ALU and AUA, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI, 2 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FAB.
This word takes every letter of FABLIAU plus a single extra one.