Unscramble FASTBACKS and you have 125 words, FASTBACKS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. BACKFATS, FASTBACK and FATBACKS are the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from FASTBACKS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 2 with 7, 1 with 6, 27 with 5, 48 with 4, 34 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words from FASTBACKS: STACKS, for 12 points.
ABACK and BACKS share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FASTBACKS. FACTS, TASKS and STACK are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in FASTBACKS is BACK, 12 points; KAFS on 11 and BASK on 10 follow. FAST, FACT and TASK are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of FASTBACKS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with FA · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
FASTBACKS 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 FASTBACKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FASTBACKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 125) | 104 | 125 | 94 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 21 of them: ABASK, BAFTS, ABACS, BAFT, CABAS, ABAC, AKAS, BACS, CABA, TAKS, AKA, BAC and 9 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: BACKFATS, BACKFAT, FACTA, ACK, CAFS, FABS, TAKAS, CAF, FAB and ATS.