253 words come out when you unscramble FACETIOUS, starting with FACETIOUS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. FACTIOUS and OUTFACES are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 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 FACETIOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Of the 35 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FACETIOUS, 11 score 11 points, the group's best. FIESTA, FAUCET and FACETS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from FACETIOUS; 13 of them share the top score of 10. CAUSE, FOCUS and COAST are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with FACETIOUS letters, the top score is 9, reached by 14. CASE, FAST and FACT are the familiar ones.
CAF tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FACETIOUS at 8 points; next come AFT and AUF on 6. ITS, ACT and CUT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of FACETIOUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FACTIOUS and OUTFACES (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FACETIOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FACETIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 186 | 252 | 169 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FACTIS, FASCIO, FUSTOC, FASCI, FEATOUS, FECIT, FICOS, SCUFT, CAUF, FASTIE, FOUATS, FOUEST and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAFS, COTEAUS, CAF, CUEIST, FESTA, ETICS, FEST, FES, OUTIES, ECO, FE, SOC and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.