179 words come out when you unscramble FADELESS, starting with FADELESS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DEFLEAS and DELEAFS lead with 11 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from FADELESS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 18 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 15 with 2.
5 of 46 5-letter words from FADELESS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SALES, DEALS and FALSE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FADELESS, the top score is 8, reached by 7. SALE, LESS and SELF are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FADELESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FA · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
FADELESS 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 FADELESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FADELESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 141 | 177 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
36 of the 179 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FALSED, FEALED, ELFED, FALSES, SAFED, FEALS, ELFS, SEASED, SLADES, DESSE, EALED, EASLES and 24 more. 11 of the 179 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DELEAFS, DELEAF, DEF, FES, LEDES, FE, LEDE, DAS, EDS, ESSE and DA. 2 of the 179 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF.
With one more tile, the letters of FADELESS spell the words below.