Unscramble FADEAWAYS to get 138 words. FADEAWAYS itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FADEAWAYS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 6, 15 with 5, 48 with 4, 51 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with FADEAWAYS letters: FADEAWAY, 18 points.
AWFY tops the 4-letter words from FADEAWAYS at 13 points; next come DEFY and DEWY on 11. DAYS, EASY and AWAY will look familiar.
Of the 51 3-letter words from FADEAWAYS, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. WAS, DAY and WAY are the ones most people know.
FADEAWAYS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FADEAWAYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FADEAWAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 138) | 98 | 138 | 89 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AWFY, AWAYES, DEAWY, WAYED, ASWAY, AWAYS, FADY, FAWS, FEWS, FEYS, SWEY, WEYS and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SAYED, DEF, FES, YAS, EW, FE, DAS, EDS and DA, 9 in all.