Unscramble FADEAWAY and you have 64 words, FADEAWAY itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
F4A1D2E1A1W4A1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from FADEAWAY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 5, 13 with 4, 29 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
Keep every letter of FADEAWAY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FA · ending in AY · all 8-letter words
FADEAWAY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FADEAWAY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FADEAWAY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 64) | 48 | 64 | 44 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AWFY, DEAWY, WAYED, FADY, FAW, WEY, ADAW, DEAW, FY, YEAD, YAD, FAA and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEF, EW, FE and DA, 4 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of FADEAWAY spell the words below.