Unscramble FAIRYTALE and you have 252 words, FAIRYTALE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
F4A1I1R1Y43T1A1L12E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FAIRYTALE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with FAIRYTALE letters: FAYALITE, 14 points.
Of the 39 6-letter words from FAIRYTALE, 11 score 12 points, the group's best. RETAIL, FILTER and FAIRLY are the ones most people know.
21 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FAIRYTALE tie at 11 points; none scores more. AFTER, EARLY and LAYER will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from FAIRYTALE, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. LIFE, FILE and LEFT are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 3-letter words in FAIRYTALE tie at 9 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of FAIRYTALE for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with FA · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FAYALITE (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FAIRYTALE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRYTALE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 201 | 250 | 191 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FAIRYTALE, FREITY, AREFY, FAYER, FAYRE, FLARY, RIFTY, YARFA, FYLE, RYFE, FILTRE, RAFALE and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TREYFA, FELTY, TRAYF, TREYF, IFTAR, LAIRY, FLIR, YER, FE and TE, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI, 2 in all.