Unscramble FASCINATES to get 336 words. FASCINATES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FASCINATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 14 with 8, 52 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Among 52 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FASCINATES, the top score is 12, reached by 9. FITNESS, INSECTS and FANATIC are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 6-letter words from FASCINATES tie at 11 points; none scores more. FINEST, INSECT and FIESTA will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FASCINATES, 11 score 10 points, the group's best. CASES, FACTS and FACES are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 4-letter words from FASCINATES tie at 9 points; none scores more. CASE, FAST and FACT will look familiar.
CAF scores highest among the 3-letter words in FASCINATES at 8 points, ahead of AFT and EFS on 6. CAN, ITS and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FASCINATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with FA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FANATICS, FANCIEST, FASCIATE, FASCINES and FASCITES (13 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FASCINATES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FASCINATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 336) | 261 | 334 | 233 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
74 of the 336 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FACTISES, FASCISTA, FACTIS, FANSITES, FASCIS, ECTASIAS, FANSITE, FASCI, FASTIES, FATSIAS, FECIT, NAIFEST and 62 more. 27 of the 336 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FACIAE, FINCAS, ANTIFAS, FACTA, FINCA, FINESTS, ANTIFA, CAFS, CASSENA, CASSINA, CASSINE, FESTAS and 15 more. 1 of the 336 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FASCITES. 1 of the 336 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of FASCINATES and one more.