305 words come out when you unscramble FASTENERS, starting with FASTENERS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. FASTENERS has 2 anagrams here, FENESTRAS and REFASTENS, scoring 12 like FASTENERS itself. The best shorter words score 11: 4 of them, FASTENER, FEASTERS and FENESTRA included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FASTENERS by length: 3 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 34 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 34 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FASTENERS, 9 score 10 points, the group's best. EASTERN, NEAREST and EARNEST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words from FASTENERS, the top score is 9, reached by 23. SENATE, FASTER and ENTERS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with FASTENERS letters, 41 score 8 points, the group's best. AFTER, ENTER and ASSET are the ones most people know.
41 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FASTENERS tie at 7 points; none scores more. FREE, EAST and ARTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from FASTENERS, 19 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, SEE and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FASTENERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FA · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
FASTENERS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. FASTENERS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FASTENERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 305) | 236 | 305 | 215 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 69 of them: FENESTRAS, FASTERS, FARSES, FEARES, FEREST, FREETS, NEAFES, NEFAST, SAFTER, TERFES, FARSE, FEARE and 57 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: FESTAS, SNARFS, TEREFA, FESTA, FESTS, SNARF, STERANES, TREFA, FEST, SARSNET, STERANE, ARENES and 9 more.
This word takes every letter of FASTENERS plus a single extra one.