280 words come out when you unscramble FACTIONARY, starting with FACTIONARY itself: 18 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. FACTORY, CARNIFY and CORNIFY are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from FACTIONARY split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 15 with 7, 55 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 9 letters.
CRAFTY scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FACTIONARY at 14 points, ahead of FAINTY and NOTIFY on 12. ACTION, FACTOR and CANARY are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from FACTIONARY, FANCY and FARCY tie for first at 13 points. FRONT, CRAFT and ACTOR are everyday picks.
FRAY and OFAY share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words made with FACTIONARY letters. CITY, INFO and FACT are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FACTIONARY, FAY, FOY and FRY tie for first at 9 points. CAN, ANY and CAR are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of FACTIONARY for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CARNIFY, CORNIFY and FACTORY (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts FACTIONARY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FACTIONARY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 221 | 278 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: FACTIONARY, FAINTY, FARCIN, FICTOR, FORCAT, RIANCY, RIFTY, YARFA, FRACT, YARCO, AFRONT, CANY and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: CORNIFY, TONIFY, FRANCO, FRICOT, TRAYF, FACTA, FINCA, ORACY, ANTIFA, CORTINA, FANART, CAF and 10 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: OFAY. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
This word takes every letter of FACTIONARY plus a single extra one.