Unscramble FAINTIEST and you have 253 words, FAINTIEST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FAINTIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 15 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Among 30 6-letter words from FAINTIEST, the top score is 9, reached by 15. TITANS, FINEST and FINITE are the familiar ones.
30 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FAINTIEST tie at 8 points; none scores more. STATE, SAINT and SATIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with FAINTIEST letters, 34 score 7 points, the group's best. EAST, FAST and FINE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FAINTIEST; 17 of them share the top score of 6. ITS, SET and NET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FAINTIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FA · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FAINTEST and NIFTIEST (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FAINTIEST is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAINTIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 175 | 252 | 163 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 77 of them: FAINTIEST, FAINITES, FANSITE, NAIFEST, FAINES, FASTIE, FETTAS, FIENTS, FITNAS, FITTES, NEFAST, FAINE and 65 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: FESTA, FEST, FES, SEITAN, STATIN, FE, STENT, NAES, ATS, EST, SAN and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.