285 words come out when you unscramble FAILOVERS, starting with FAILOVERS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FAILOVER and FAVRILES lead with 14 points. 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 FAILOVERS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 10 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
8 of 60 6-letter words from FAILOVERS tie at 12 points; none scores more. SILVER, LOVERS and FAVORS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FAILOVERS, the top score is 11, reached by 7. FILES, FALSE and ALIVE are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words from FAILOVERS, FAVE, FAVS and FIVE tie for first at 10 points. LIFE, FILE and LOVE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words in FAILOVERS, FAV leads with 9 points, then ALF and ARF on 6. ARE, AIR and FAR are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of FAILOVERS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with FA · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FLAVORS and FRIVOLS (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FAILOVERS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAILOVERS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 225 | 282 | 210 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
57 of the 285 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FAILOVERS, FAILOVER, FAVRILES, FAVRILE, FAVELS, FAVOSE, FAVEL, OVERSAIL, VOLARIES, OLIVERS, VIOLERS, FLASER and 45 more. 15 of the 285 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FAVER, FAVS, FAV, FERALS, LOVIER, AFROS, FLIRS, AFRO, FLIR, LEVS, FES, SEV and 3 more. 3 of the 285 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.
With one more tile, the letters of FAILOVERS spell the words below.