228 words come out when you unscramble FASTIDIOUS, starting with FASTIDIOUS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 10 reach 9 points, FADOS, FATSOS and FIDOS among them. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FASTIDIOUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
Of the 60 5-letter words from FASTIDIOUS, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. AUDIO, AUDIT and AUTOS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FASTIDIOUS; 9 of them share the top score of 8. SAID, FAST and SOFT are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in FASTIDIOUS, the top score is 7, reached by 5. OUT, ITS and SAT are the familiar ones.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FADOS, FATSOS, FIDOS, FOISTS and SOFTAS (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FASTIDIOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FASTIDIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 172 | 227 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: FOIDS, FOUATS, FOUDS, FOUSSA, TIFOSI, FASTI, FAUTS, FOID, FOUAT, FOUD, FUSTS, TIFOS and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: AUDISTS, DIFS, OUTSAID, AUDIST, DIF, DOSAI, DOSAS, DOUTS, DOSA, DOUT, ODAS, DAS and 4 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.