Unscramble FAMILIARISE and you have 302 words, FAMILIARISE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FAMILIARISE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 8 with 8, 26 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 10 letters.
8 of 26 7-letter words from FAMILIARISE tie at 12 points; none scores more. SIMILAR, AIRMAIL and REALISM will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FAMILIARISE, 12 score 11 points, the group's best. FRAMES, SAFARI and EMAILS are the ones most people know.
16 of 60 5-letter words from FAMILIARISE tie at 10 points; none scores more. FILES, FRAME and FILMS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in FAMILIARISE; 11 of them share the top score of 9. LIFE, FILE and FILM are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with FAMILIARISE letters are led by EMF, FAM and FEM, 8 points each. ARE, AIR and MAR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of FAMILIARISE for another and you can spell this word:
More 11-letter words: starting with FA · ending in SE · all 11-letter words
FAMILIARISE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FAMILIARISE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAMILIARISE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 302) | 235 | 296 | 221 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 302 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MISFARE, FEMALS, FRAIMS, FEMAL, FERMS, FLIMS, FRAIM, RAFALES, AFEARS, AMELIAS, FERM, FIRIES and 50 more. 15 of the 302 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FILMIS, FILMI, MILFS, FAMS, FERALS, MILF, SMILIER, ARAMES, EMAILS, FAM, FLIRS, FLIR and 3 more. 3 of the 302 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI. 2 of the 302 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF. 1 of the 302 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: REALIAS.
These 4 words take every letter of FAMILIARISE plus a single extra one.