Unscramble FATHERLIER and you have 314 words, FATHERLIER itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 13, among them FEATHER, FARTHER and FAITHER. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FATHERLIER split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 11 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
6 of 33 7-letter words from FATHERLIER tie at 13 points; none scores more. LEATHER, EARLIER and TRAILER will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FATHERLIER, the top score is 12, reached by 5. EITHER, RATHER and FILTER are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FATHERLIER tie at 11 points; none scores more. AFTER, HEART and EARTH will look familiar.
HAFT, HALF and HEFT share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words from FATHERLIER. FREE, HERE and FILE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in FATHERLIER, FAH and FEH tie for first at 9 points. ARE, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FATHERLIER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with FA · ending in ER · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FARTHER, FEATHER, HEFTIER and TEREFAH (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FATHERLIER, but the Words With Friends list does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FATHERLIER itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 314) | 268 | 313 | 256 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
45 of the 314 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FATHERLIER, FAITHER, FARTHEL, LATHERIER, ETHERIAL, FERTILER, FRAILTEE, HEFTE, THELF, FERLIER, FLARIER, FELTER and 33 more. 13 of the 314 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FELTIER, FAH, HALIER, LEAFER, LEFTIE, TEREFA, FIREE, IFTAR, FLIR, HEIL, ETRIER, LAH and 1 more. 1 of the 314 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: FI.