Unscramble FAMINES and you have 177 words, FAMINES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: INFAMES. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of FAMINES at once for 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
Looking for meansif, finsmea, namesfi, finemas, fasimen, finesma, feminas, manesif, meansfi or fameins? They use the same letters as FAMINES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from FAMINES by length: 2 with 7 letters, 9 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 22 with 2.
FAMES tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FAMINES at 10 points; next come FAINE and FAINS on 8. MEANS, NAMES and ANIME will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from FAMINES; 4 of them share the top score of 9. NAME, SAME and MAIN are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in FAMINES are led by EMF, FAM and FEM, 8 points each. MAN, MEN and SEA are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FAMINES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with FA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
FAMINES 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 FAMINES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAMINES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 128 | 174 | 121 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: INFAMES, INFAME, FAINES, FAINE, FAINS, FENIS, MANIES, NIEFS, NIFES, FEIS, FENI, MAISE and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: FAMS, FAM, MANIS, FES, MANI, FE, MES, NAES and SAN. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: EMFS and EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
These 6 words take every letter of FAMINES plus a single extra one.